Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Friday in Ordinary Time, January 23, 2026.
Made without AI. 100% human vocals, 100% real prayer.

New documentary with David Henrie: "Seeking Beauty" https://www.seekingbeauty.show/

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

With your monthly support, receive a gift of ad-free Lauds, Vespers, Compline, and chant tutorials. https://singthehours.org/members

Other ways to help:

Venmo: @singthehours

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

Check By Mail

Please make checks out to Paul Rose and mail to:

Sing the Hours c/o Paul Rose
307 Orchard City Drive
1st Floor, Suite 116
Campbell, CA. 95008

Latin/English Translation for the Benedictus and the Magnificat
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLzxSsHz6aKXBKznoJxYjKztRLsoAxKDH7Q6eyCvKv4/edit?usp=sharing

0:00 Check out new documentary "Seeking Beauty." https://www.seekingbeauty.show/
00:14 Introductory Rite: "Deus in adjutorium" – "O God come to my assistance"
0:50 Hymn: "Horis Peractis Undecim." Ancient Mozarbic Hymn. Translation by John Rose and Sing the Hours ©2021.
02:01 Psalm 116v1-9
04:16 Psalm 121
06:20 Canticle: Revelation 15:3-4
07:49 Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:7-10a
08:53 Responsory: Christ died for our sins to make of us an offering to God.
09:41 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)
12:03 Intercessions: Have mercy on your people, Lord.
13:29 Pater Noster (The Lord’s Prayer)
14:13 Collect (Concluding Prayers)
14:49 Concluding Rite
15:04 Marian Devotion

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.