12.21.23 Vespers, Thursday Evening Prayer

Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 3rd Thursday in Advent, December 21st 2023.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
Hymn:Verbum salutis omnium, ca. 12th c.,"Receive, O Mary, Virgin pure," English © 2023 ICEL 
Psalm 132, I (tone 4alt., Antiphon adapted by Sing the Hours, from "Ad Te Domine Levavi," Solesmes, 2005)
Psalm 132, II (Antiphon adapted by Sing the Hours, from "Da Mercedem, Domine" Solesmes, 2005)
Canticle: Revelation 11v17-18; 12v10b-12a (tone 8G, Antiphon adapted by StH from "Convertere, Domine")
Reading: 1 Corinthians 4v5
Responsory: Come and set us free, Lord God of power and might. (mode II)
Ant. O Oriens

Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (tone II, monasticum)
Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus!
The Lord's Prayer (ICEL)
Concluding Prayers

"In the Bleak Midwinter," verse 1, Christina Rossetti

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.