12.17.25 Lauds, Wednesday Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 3rd Wednesday of Advent, December 17, 2025.
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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"
Hymn*: "With Might Voice the Prophets Cry." (English) ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc. ©2023 Translation
Psalm 86
Canticle: Isaiah 33v13-16
Psalm 98
Reading: Isaiah 11v1-3a
Responsory: Your light will come Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
Canticle of Zechariah (Benedictus)
Intercessions: Lord, protect Your people
The Lord's Prayer
Collect (Concluding Prayers)
Concluding Rite (Translation: May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life).

Canticle of Zechariah English translation
[Blessed] + be the Lord, the God of Israel; *
he has come to his people and set them free.
[He has] raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.

[Through his] holy prophets he promised [of old] †
that he would save us from our enemies, *
from the hands of all who hate us.

[He prom]ised to show mercy to our fathers * and to remember his holy covenant.

[This was] the oath he swore to our father Abraham: *
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

[free to] worship him without fear, *
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

[You, my] child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; *
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

[to give] his people knowledge of salvation * by the forgiveness of their sins.

[In the] tender compassion of our God *
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

[to shine] on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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.
*Hymn - Copyright ©2023 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The English translation is copyright ©2023 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The Hymnal is published and distributed exclusively by GIA Publications, Inc.