Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 23rd Wednesday in Ordinary Time, September 10, 2025.

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00:00 Deus in Adjutorium
00:34 Hymn: "Caeli Deus sanctissime." St. Gregory the Great (540-604)
02:05 Psalm 126
03:37 Psalm 127
05:11 Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20
07:24 Reading: Ephesians 3v20-21
07:43 Responsory: "Claim me once more as Your own Lord, and have mercy on me."
08:43 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)
10:43 Intercessions: "May Your people praise You, Lord."
11:54 Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)
12:27 Collect (Concluding Prayers)
12:53 Concluding Rite (Translation: May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life).

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.