6.23.23 Vespers I, Friday Evening Prayer

Vespers I for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Evening Prayer for the 11th Friday in Ordinary Time, June 23rd, 2023.

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All Antiphons, and the Responsory are adapted from the Gregorian propers by Sing the Hours ©2023.

Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (Solemn tone adapted for English by Sing the Hours ©2023)

Hymn: "Ut Queant Laxis," Paul the Deacon (8th Century, neumz from the Liber Hymnarius, pg.382, Solesmes, 1983)

Psalm 113 (Gregorian tone III)

Psalm 146 (Gregorian tone I)

Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10 (Gregorian tone III)

Reading: Acts 13v23-25

Responsory: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.

Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55 (Gregorian tone VIII)

Intercessions: O Lord, guide our feet into the way of peace.

Pater Noster 

Collect

Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord Bless us"

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.