Vespers, Friday Evening Prayer of the 23rd Friday in Ordinary Time, September 12, 2025.

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00:00 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (Sing the Hours arrangement)
00:42 Hymn: "Maker of Man who from Thy throne." Translation by JD Chambers
02:12 Psalm 135 (two parts, tone VI, antiphons adapted from the Gregorian by StH)
07:16 Canticle: Revelation 15v3-4
08:51 Reading: James 1v2-4
09:28 Responsory: Christ loved us and washed away our sins, in his own blood. (StH arrangement based on Gregorian)
10:38 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55, Latin, Gregorian tone VIII, Novo Vulgata)
13:07 Intercessions: Have mercy on your people, Lord.
14:33 Pater Noster (Latin, solemn)
15:12 Collect
15:36 Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord Bless us"

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.