Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 19th Wednesday in Ordinary Time, August 13, 2025.

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00:10 Deus in Adjutorium
00:43 Hymn: "Caeli Deus sanctissime." St. Gregory the Great (540-604)
02:13 Psalm 126
03:45 Psalm 127
05:20 Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20
07:31 Reading: Ephesians 3v20-21
07:51 Responsory: "Claim me once more as Your own Lord, and have mercy on me."
08:51 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)
10:50 Intercessions: "May Your people praise You, Lord."
12:02 Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)
12:38 Collect
13:03 Concluding Rite
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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.