Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina

This setting of the traditional Vespers invitatory text Deus, in adjutorium meum intende by Horatio Colombano would be highly effective during services from Septuagesima until Easter, when the Alleluia is replaced by a specific acclamation. The SATTB voicing offers rich harmonic possibilities for this devotional Latin text, which includes the opening versicle and the Lesser Doxology. Colombano’s music likely provides a suitable framework for this prayer, invoking God’s aid and concluding with the solemn doxology. Its sacred nature and Vespers function make it an appropriate choice for liturgical settings during the penitential season and beyond.