| After the Collect, the Closing Versicles are said in the following form: | |
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V.
Dóminus vobíscum.
V.
Fidélium ánimæ
† per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace. |
V.
The Lord be with you. |
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Then is said secretly the final Pater, unless another Hour immediately follow; in which case the Triple or Dual Prayer thereof, as the case may be, is immediately said, followed by the Opening Versicles, as is prescribed in Common Forms. If, however, Compline is to follow immediately after Vespers, then the opening of Compline is said as prescribed in the Ordinary, that is, with neither the final Pater of Vespers nor any Dual Prayer before the beginning of Compline. |
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| Pater noster. | Our Father. |
| The following V. and R. are then said aloud: | |
| V. Dóminus
† det nobis suam
pacem. R. Et vitam ætérnam. Amen. |
V.
May the Lord
† bestow his peace upon us. R. And life everlasting. Amen. |
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KNEEL (weekdays) or STAND (Sundays) |
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| Marian Antiphon | |
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From Vespers of the Saturday before the I Sunday in Advent through II Vespers of the Purification; or if this Feast be transferred, through Vespers on February 2nd: |
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| After the Purification, that is, from Compline of February 2nd, whether the Feast of the Purification be transferred or not, through Compline of Wednesday in Holy Week: | |
| From Compline of Holy Saturday through None of the Saturday within the Octave of Pentecost: | |
| From I Vespers of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity through None of the Saturday before the I Sunday of Advent: | |
| After the Collect, the Officiant says in a low voice: | |
| V.
Divínum auxílium †
máneat semper nobíscum. R. Amen. |
V.
May help divine †
be with us all, for ever abiding. R. Amen. |
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KNEEL |
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