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

Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 20th Friday in Ordinary Time, August 22, 2025.
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Deus in Adjutorium
Hymn: “O Heavenly Queen We Fly to You." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc.
Psalm 145
Psalm 145 continued
Canticle: Revelation 15v3-4
Reading: Romans 8v1-2, 10-11
Responsory: Christ died for our sins, to make of us an offering to God.
Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)
Intercessions: "Lord, have mercy."
The Lord's Prayer
Collect
Concluding Rite
Marian Devotion (Pray for us O Holy Mother of God...)

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.