Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Sunday in Advent, December 7th, 2025.

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

00:00 Introductory Rite: Deus in adjutorium
00:50 Hymn: "Conditor alme siderum" (English: "Creator of the Stars of Night.")
02:49 Psalm 110:1-5, 7
04:57 Psalm 115
08:50 Canticle: Revelation 19:1-7
11:08 Reading: Philippians 4:4-5
11:24 Responsory: "O Lord, show us Your mercy and love."
12:22 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)
14:46 Intercessions: "Come, Lord Jesus!"
15:46 The Lord's Prayer
16:18 Collect
16:41 Concluding Rite
16:52 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.