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

Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 18th Thursday in Ordinary Time, August 7, 2025.

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Introductory Rite: Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"
Hymn: "Iam lucis orto sideris," translation ©ICEL 2023
Psalm 80 (tone 7b, antiphon by StH)
Canticle: Isaiah 12v1-6 (tone 2, antiphon by StH)
Psalm 81 (tone 3b, antiphon by StH)
Reading: Romans 14v17-19
Responsory: In the early hours of the morning, I think of you, O Lord. (StH arrangement with harmony)
Canticle of Zechariah (English, tone 8, antiphon by StH)
Intercessions: Enlighten us, Lord.
The Lord’s Prayer, English, ©ICEL
Collect
Dominus Nos Benedicat – "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.