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

The Liturgy of the Hours: Sing the Hours

Paul Rose

Music, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the Wednesday in the first week of Lent, March 12, 2025.Visit books.osv.com/sing and use promo code OSVSings for 30 percent off. OSV Kids books inspire children to meet Jesus Christ in His Church and tobecome lifelong disciples. Beautifully illustrated and prayerfully written, there are options spanning board and picture books, and storybooks for elementary and middle school readers.And, OSV carries a variety of study Bibles and Catechisms to equip young adults as they progress in their faith formation. Thanks for praying with us. Help Sing the Hours stay on the internet! Support this work at any of the following funding platforms: Venmo: @singthehoursPayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UT522UGV68ANSPatreon: patreon.com/singthehoursBy Mail: St. Paul’s Parish, attn: Paul Rose, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Checks made payable to Paul Rose. Invitatory Psalm (Psalm 95, Tone 4): https://youtu.be/c0F6GY5akeg OSV BooksDeus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"Hymn: "Iesu, quadragenariae." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc. Psalm 27 part onePsalm 27 part twoCanticle: Colossians 1v12-20Reading: Philippians 2v12b-15aResponsory: "Lord, You alone can heal me, for I have grieved You by my sins."Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55IntercessionsThe Lord's PrayerCollectConcluding RiteOSV Books! 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.

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0:00.0	This office was made possible by our friends at OSV.
0:03.8	Visit books.osv.com slash sing
0:06.9	and use promo code OSVSings for 30% off.
0:11.7	Now let's pray.
0:14.7	Oh God, come to my assistance.
0:24.6	Lord make haste to help me. Gloria, Patry, and filio, and spiritu and sancto,
0:30.6	sicut herat in principle, and now and semper,
0:35.6	and in secula, seculorum, amen.
0:43.2	O Jesus, you have set apart these 40 days for abstinence, and you decreed a lentin fast to heal and save our mind and heart.
1:00.0	Now come be present to your church, be near and aid our penitence, as we bow down before you Lord and beg you wash away our sins.
1:20.9	Remit and pardon with your grace, misdeeds from which we turn aside, from future perils keep us safe by your most meek and
1:35.3	gentle guard. That filled with sorrow for our sins and cleansed by yearly penitence,
1:46.4	we may press on to celebrate
1:49.6	the pascal feast with worthy praise.
1:56.9	That all your works adore you, Lord, O merciful and triune God, renewed by pardon, let us sing a new song to your holy name. amen.
2:18.3	The Lord is my light and my help, whom shall I fear.
2:29.3	The Lord is the stronghold of my life, Before whom shall I shrink.
2:39.1	When evil-doers draw near to devour my flesh,
2:45.4	It is they my enemies and foes, who stumble and fall.
2:51.6	Though an army encamp against me, my heart would not fear.
2:59.6	Though war break out against me, even then would I trust.
3:06.6	There is one thing I ask of the Lord, for this I long,
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