5.28.26 Vespers, Thursday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

The Liturgy of the Hours: Sing the Hours

Paul Rose

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Vespers, Evening prayer for the 8th Thursday in Ordinary Time, May 28, 2026.Made without AI. 100% human vocals, 100% real prayer.Permissions Granted by ICEL. Copyright Attributions below. 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..." or "O God, come to my assistance..."Hymn: "O Gracious God Who Fashioned Day." ©2023 ICELPsalm 144Psalm 144 continuedCanticle: Revelation 11v17-18, 12v10b-12aReading: See Colossians 1v23Responsory: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall want for nothing."Canticle of MaryIntercessions: "Give us light, peace, and security, Lord."The Lord's PrayerCollectConcluding Rite Permissions Granted by 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: The English translation is copyright ©2023 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation.

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0:00.0	O God, come to my assistance.
0:05.0	O Lord, make haste to help me.
0:11.0	Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
0:15.0	as it was in the beginning is now, and will be forever amen alleluia oh gracious god who fashioned day resplendent with your radiant light we beg you for your glory, Lord, as day rolls downward into dusk.
0:45.1	For now heart pressed by even tide, the waning sun begins to set, unfolding all the world in night, it keeps its own well-ordered course.
1:01.4	But you, O Lord, and God most high, let not the shadows of the night surround and crush your servants here, fatigued and worn by daily toil.
1:18.6	That hearts may not be left in gloom when day withdraws from life and soul, but shielded by your holy grace,
1:30.3	we may behold a happy dawn.
1:35.3	Most loving Father, hear our prayer,
1:39.3	and you, O Christ, co-equal son,
1:44.6	who with the spirit paraclit
1:47.4	now reign for all eternity.
1:53.8	Amen.
1:59.9	He is my comfort and my refuge.
2:06.6	In him I put my trust.
2:11.6	Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my arms for battle, who prepares my hands for war.
2:25.3	He is my love, my fortress, he is my stronghold, my savior, my shield, my place of refuge, he brings peoples under my rule.
2:41.0	Lord, what is man that you care for him, mortal man that you keep him in mind, man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a shadow.
2:55.6	Lower your heavens and come down, touch the mountains, read them in smoke, flash your lightnings,
3:06.6	route the foe, shoot your arrows and put them to flight.
3:14.1	Reach down from heaven and save me.
3:18.1	Draw me out from the mighty waters, from the hands of alien foes, whose mouths are filled with lies, whose hands are raised
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