Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 19th Wednesday in Ordinary Time, August 14th, 2025
Vigil - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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00:10 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"
00:55 Hymn: "Gaudium Mundi," St. Peter Damian, translation copyright ©2023 ICEL
03:36 Psalm 113
05:41 Psalm 147v12-20
07:37 Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10
09:43 Reading: Romans 8v30
10:01 Responsory: As Mary is taken up to heaven, the angels of God rejoice.
11:03 Magnificat, Canticle of Mary
14:40 Intercessions: Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.
15:01 The Lord’s Prayer
15:32 Collect
16:06 Concluding Rite
16:15 Marian Devotion
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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.