Lauds, Saturday Morning Prayer on the 23rd Saturday in Ordinary Time, September 13, 2025.
Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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0:00 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"
0:36 Hymn: "John, Great and Holy, Noble-Minded Bishop," Translation ICEL ©2023. Divine Office Hymnal #495.
2:44 Psalm 119 (StH arrangement)
04:15 Canticle: Wisdom 9v1-12 (antiphon StH, Gregorian tone VII)
06:33 Psalm 117 (antiphon based on the Gregorian, tone I)
07:30 Reading: Hebrews 13v7-9a
07:50 Responsory: "On your walls Jerusalem, I have set my watchmen to guard you."
08:30 Benedictus (Canticle of Zechariah)
11:53 Intercessions
12:54 The Lord's Prayer
13:24 Collect
13:59 Concluding Rite: Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord bless us"

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.