6.24.25 Vespers II, Tuesday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

Vespers II for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Evening Prayer for the 12th Tuesday in Ordinary Time, June 24th, 2025.

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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, neums from the Liber Hymnarius, pg.382, Solesmes, 1983)
Psalm 15 (Gregorian tone IV)
Psalm 112 (Gregorian tone VIII)
Canticle: Revelation 15:3-4 (Gregorian tone II)
Reading: Acts 13v23-25
Responsory: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.
Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55, Gregorian tone VII).
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.