8.21.25 Lauds, Thursday Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 20th Thursday in Ordinary Time, August 21, 2025.

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Introductory Rite (Deus in adjutorium...)
Hymn: "Iam lucis orto sidere." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc
Psalm 143v1-11
Canticle: Isaiah 66v10-14a (Tone 4!)
Psalm 147v1-11
Reading: Romans 8v18-21
Responsory: "In the early hours of the morning, I think of You, O Lord."
Canticle of Zechariah
Intercessions: "You are our life, O Lord."
The Lord's Prayer
Collect
Concluding Rite (May the Lord bless us...)
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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.