Vespers, Evening Prayer on the 23rd Thursday in Ordinary Time, September 11, 2025.

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00:00 Deus in Adjutorium
00:38 Hymn: "Magnae Deus potentiae" (Gregory the Great)
02:06 Psalm 132 (antiphon 1)
04:13 Psalm 132 (antiphon 2)
06:10 Canticle: Revelation 11v17-18; 12v10b-12a
08:37 Reading: 1 Peter 3v8-9
09:12 Responsory: "The Lord has given us food, bread of the finest wheat."
10:10 Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55
12:01 Intercessions: "Hear us, O God our refuge."
13:06 Pater noster (The Lord's Prayer)
13:42 Collect
14:02 Concluding Rite
14:11 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.