8.2.25 Vespers I, Saturday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

Vespers I, Saturday Evening Prayer for the 17th Saturday in Ordinary Time, August 2, 2025.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (Solemn tone, adapted for English by Sing the Hours)
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, fons omnium. Author Unknown. English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc
Psalm 119v105-112
Psalm 16
Canticle: Philippians 2v6-11
Reading: Colossians 1v2b-6a
Responsory: From the rising of the sun to its setting, may the Name of the Lord be praised.
Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55
Intercessions: Lord we trust in You.
The Lord's Prayer (Pater Noster)
Collect
Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord bless us"
Marian Appeal (Ora pro nobis Sancta Dei Genetrix...)

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.