Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 18th Thursday in Ordinary Time, August 7, 2025.

Truthly is a groundbreaking Catholic AI app designed to empower people with instant, reliable Catholic answers to questions about the faith and life.
Download in the app store! More info here: https://www.truthly.ai/

Thank you for praying with us. Help us keep Sing the Hours on the internet!

With your monthly support, receive ad-free prayer videos. 100% of your donation goes to Sing the Hours when you sign up with Podia. Also, access chant classes! https://singthehours.org/members

Venmo: @singthehours

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UT522UGV68ANS

By Mail: St. Paul’s Parish, attn: Paul Rose, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Checks made payable to Paul Rose.

00:00 truthly.ai helps you learn and live the truth, every day.
00:10 Introductory Rite: Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"
00:40 Hymn: "Iam lucis orto sideris," translation ©ICEL 2023
02:15 Psalm 80 (tone 7b, antiphon by StH)
05:57 Canticle: Isaiah 12v1-6 (tone 2, antiphon by StH)
07:54 Psalm 81 (tone 3b, antiphon by StH)
11:08 Reading: Romans 14v17-19
11:37 Responsory: In the early hours of the morning, I think of you, O Lord. (StH arrangement with harmony)
12:27 Canticle of Zechariah (English, tone 8, antiphon by StH)
14:34 Intercessions: Enlighten us, Lord.
15:19 The Lord’s Prayer, English, ©ICEL
15:56 Collect
16:21 Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord bless us"
16:36 Visit truthly.ai to experience the power of Catholic AI and the wisdom of the Church

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.