Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 21st Tuesday in Ordinary Time, August 26, 2025.

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00:10 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (Latin)
00:44 Hymn: "Telluris ingens conditor," Pope St. Gregory the Great, 604 A.D. Liber Hymnarius, Solesmes, 1983, p. 198. English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc.
02:32 Psalm 20 (Gregorian tone 6)
04:59 Psalm 21v2-8, 14 (Gregorian tone 5)
07:04 Canticle: Revelation 4v11; 5v9, 10, 12 (Gregorian tone 8)
08:57 Reading: 1 John 3v1-3
09:37 Responsory: Through all eternity, O Lord, your promise stands unshaken.
10:24 Canticle of Mary (Gregorian tone 8)
12:16 Intercessions: Lord, hear our prayer.
13:29 Pater Noster – "Our Father"
14:07 Collect
14:35 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.