12.26.25 Vespers, Friday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

Vespers, Thursday Evening Prayer, December 26th, 2025. 2nd Day in the Octave of Christmas.
Feast of St. Stephen, The First Martyr.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
O Christ, Redeemer of Us All. ©2023 ICEL
Psalm 110v1-5, 7
Psalm 130
Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20
Reading: 1 John 1v5b, 7
Responsory: The Word was made man, alleluia, alleluia.
Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55
Intercessions: Lord, deliver us from evil.
Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)
Collect
Concluding Rite: Dominus nos benedicat...
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.