1.28.26 Vespers, Wednesday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

The Liturgy of the Hours: Sing the Hours

Paul Rose

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 3rd Wednesday in Ordinary Time, January 28, 2026.Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas. Made without AI. 100% human vocals, 100% real prayer.Thank you for praying with us. Help us keep Sing the Hours on the internet! With your monthly support, receive a gift of ad-free Lauds, Vespers, Compline, and chant tutorials. https://singthehours.org/members Other ways to help: Venmo: @singthehours PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UT522UGV68ANS Check By Mail Please make checks out to Paul Rose and mail to: Sing the Hours c/o Paul Rose307 Orchard City Drive 1st Floor, Suite 116Campbell, CA. 95008 Latin/English Translation for the Benedictus and the Magnificathttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLzxSsHz6aKXBKznoJxYjKztRLsoAxKDH7Q6eyCvKv4/edit?usp=sharing Introductory Rite: "Deus in adjutorium..." (O God, come to my assistance...)Hymn: "Caeli Deus sanctissime." St. Gregory the Great (540-604)Psalm 126Psalm 127Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20Reading: Ephesians 3v20-21Responsory: "Claim me once more as Your own Lord, and have mercy on me."Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)Intercessions: "May Your people praise You, Lord."Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer)Collect (Concluding Prayers)Concluding Rite (Translation: May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life). Permissions Granted by the USCCB and ICEL. Copyright Attributions:English translation of The Liturgy of the Hours: General Instruction, Antiphons, Invitatories, Responsories, Intercessions, Psalm 95, the Canticle of the Lamb, Psalm Prayers; original texts of the Opening Prayers and Alternative Opening Prayers from the Roman Missal, and the Roman Calendar. Copyright ©1970, 1973, 1975, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The texts of all Biblical Readings and Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles and the Canticle of the Lamb) are reproduced with permission from The New American Bible, ©1970 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington D.C. All rights reserved. Psalm Texts except Psalm 95 ©The Grail (England) 1963 published by Collins, London 1963.English translations of the Te Deum, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Benedictus, and Doxology by the International Consultation on English Texts. *Hymn - Copyright ©2023 the United States Conference of Catholic BishopsThe English translation is copyright ©2023 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The Hymnal is published and distributed exclusively by GIA Publications, Inc.

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0:00.0	Deus in auditorium me intente,
0:05.0	Domine, and adjuvanto me festino,
0:11.0	Gloria, Patry, and, filio, and spiritu and santo,
0:18.0	sikuterot in principle, and it semper, and in secula,
0:24.4	Secula Roman, hallelujah!
0:28.7	Most holy God in heaven above, who paints the sky with gleaming ray, adorning with resplendent
0:43.4	lights, the glowing dome of heaven's vault.
0:50.1	On this fourth day you set in place the flaming circle of the sun
0:57.0	and made the wandering paths of stars
1:02.0	to serve the orbit of the moon
1:06.0	that you might set for night and day,
1:14.0	a boundary keeping them apart,
1:18.9	and mark with clear unfailing sign,
1:22.7	each new beginning of the month,
1:27.0	enlighten every heart and mind, and wipe away all shameful thoughts,
1:31.3	deliver us from bonds of guilt,
1:35.3	and ease the burden of our sin.
1:39.3	Most loving Father, hear our prayer, and you, O Christ, co-equal son,
1:48.0	Who with the spirit paraclete,
1:52.0	Now reign for all eternity,
1:57.0	Amen. Those who sow in tears will reap in joy
2:08.6	When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage
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