Vespers II, Sunday Evening Prayer, December 28, 2025. Feast of the Holy Family
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00:00 Try Truthly Today: get.truthly.ai/TlbX/singthehours
00:08 Introductory Rite: Deus in adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
00:52 Hymn: "O lux beata caelitum" English Translation ©ICEL
03:10 Psalm 122
05:30 Psalm 127
07:10 Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10
09:29 Reading: Philippians 2v6-7
09:55 Responsory: He had to become like His brothers in every way to show the fullness of His mercy.
10:52 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)
14:02 Intercessions: Lord, you are the model and savior of all.
15:11 The Lord's Prayer
15:42 Collect (Concluding Prayers)
16:14 Concluding Rite: May the Lord bless us...(Latin)
16:23 Marian Devotion

The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.