As He spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and his seed forever.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
Here follow the proper Collect, and the Commemorations, if any; after which one of the Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin is sung, as at page 63.
[N. B. — The Psalms hitherto given, are sung on Sundays when the Vespers are those of the Sunday. When the Vespers are those of a Saint, d-c, some changes are made, which we shall now indicate, observing that when only one Psalm is given, as the last Psalm, the others are the same as on Sundays.]
COMMON OF APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS.
First Vespers.
Psalms as on Sundays, with the exception of the last, for which Psalm cxvi., Laudate Dominum, is used, as follows:
Psalm cxvi. Laudate Dominium.
Praise the Lord, all ye
gentiles: praise Him, all ye
people:
For His mercy is confirmed upon us: and the
truth of the Lord endureth
forever.