Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 26th Wednesday in Ordinary Time, October 1, 2025.
Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower, virgin and doctor of the Church.

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00:00 Deus in Adjutorium
00:28 Hymn: "Creator of the Radiant Sky." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc
02:22 Psalm 77
05:56 Canticle: 1 Samuel 2v1-10
08:45 Psalm 97
11:15 Reading: Romans 8v35, 37
11:39 Responsory: "I will bless the Lord all my life long."
12:27 Benedictus
15:24 Intercessions: Remain with us, Lord.
16:06 Pater Noster
16:44 Collect
17:16 Dominus nos benedicat – "May the Lord bless us..."

BENEDICTUS

[Blessed] + be the Lord, the God of Israel; *
he has come to his people and set them free.

[He has] raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.

[Through his] holy prophets he promised [of old] †
that he would save us from our enemies, *
from the hands of all who hate us.

[He prom]ised to show mercy to our fathers * and to remember his holy covenant.

[This was] the oath he swore to our father Abraham: *
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

[free to] worship him without fear, *
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

[You, my] child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; *
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

[to give] his people knowledge of salvation * by the forgiveness of their sins.

[In the] tender compassion of our God *
the dawn from on high shall break upon 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.