8.21.25 Vespers, Thursday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

Vespers, Evening prayer for the 20th Thursday in Ordinary Time, August 21, 2025.
Memorial of Pope St. Pius X

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Deus in Adjutorium
Hymn: "O Gracious God Who Fashioned Day." Divine Office Hymnal #286. ©2023 ICEL
Psalm 144
Psalm 144 continued
Canticle: Revelation 11v17-18, 12v10b-12a
Reading: See Colossians 1v23
Responsory: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall want for nothing."
Canticle of Mary
Intercessions: "Give us light, peace, and security, Lord."
Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)
Concluding Prayers
Concluding Rite
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.