Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 3rd Friday in Advent, December 19th, 2025.Made without AI. 100% human vocals, 100% real prayer. This episode is sponsored by Hallow, the #1 prayer app in the world. Hallow has over 10,000 audio guided prayers, meditations, and music to help you find peace and grow closer to God. Get 3 months free of Hallow at https://www.hallow.com/singthehours 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 Get 3 months of Hallow free: https://www.hallow.com/singthehours Introductory Rite: "Deus in adjutorium" – "O God come to my assistance"Hymn: Verbum salutis omnium, ca. 12th c., "Receive, O Mary, Virgin Pure," English © 2023 ICEL Psalm 135Psalm 135Canticle: Revelation 15v3-4 (Antiphon adapted by Sing the Hours from Gregorian Proper)Reading: Philippians 3v20b-21Responsory: Come and set us free, Lord God of power and might. Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus!The Lord's Prayer (ICEL)Collect (Concluding Prayers)Concluding Rite 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.