Vespers I, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Saturday in Advent, December 13, 2025.
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00:00 Download Truthly today: get.truthly.ai/TlbX/singthehours
00:08 Introductory Rite: Deus in adjutorium...
00:41 Hymn: "Creator of the Stars of Night." (Latin: "Conditor Alme Siderum"). 9th Century Latin hymn, translated by J.M. Neale, 19th Century.
02:39 Psalm 113
04:43 Psalm 116:10-19
07:04 Canticle: Philippians 2:6-11
08:46 Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
09:08 Responsory: "O Lord show us Your mercy and love."
10:04 Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)
12:37 Intercessions
13:49 Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)
14:30 Collect
15:01 Concluding Rite
15:13 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.