8.29.25 Vespers, Friday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

The Liturgy of the Hours: Sing the Hours

Paul Rose

Christianity, Music, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 21st Friday of Ordinary Time, on the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, August 29, 2025.Filmed at San Juan Bautista Mission, California. Truthly is a groundbreaking Catholic AI app designed to empower people with instant, reliable Catholic answers to questions about the faith and life. Download in the app store! More info here: https://www.truthly.ai/________________________________ Thank you for praying with us. Help us keep Sing the Hours on the internet! With your monthly support, receive ad-free prayer videos. 100% of your donation goes to Sing the Hours when you sign up with Podia. Also, access chant classes! Support here: https://singthehours.org/members Venmo: @singthehours PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UT522UGV68ANS By Mail: St. Paul’s Parish, attn: Paul Rose, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Checks made payable to Paul Rose. Thank you to our friends at truthly.ai for sponsoring this videoDeus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"Hymn: "Praecessor Almus Gratiae." Saint Bede the Venerable, O.S.B., 672-735 AD. *(English) ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal, GIA Publications, Inc. ©2023 Translation. Psalm 116v1-9Psalm 116v10-19Canticle: Revelation 4v11; 5v9, 10, 12. Reading: Acts 13v23-25Responsory: The friend of the Bridegroom rejoices upon hearing the Bridegroom's voice.Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (English)Intercessions: O Lord, guide our feet into the way of peace.The Lord's PrayerCollectConcluding RiteMarian 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.*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	This office is brought to you by Truthly, the Catholic AI app that helps you learn, live, and share the truth every day.
0:08.2	Now let's pray.
0:11.6	Oh God, come to my assistance, Lord, make Him. assistance Lord make haste to help me
0:26.6	Glory a patriot filio
0:31.6	At spiritu and santo
0:36.6	Sikut Amen. Alleluia. The great forerunner of God's grace, beloved messenger of truth,
1:09.0	behold the shining lamp of Christ, the herald of eternal light. He sang in speech and acts and life,
1:28.3	the Christ with bold prophetic cry.
1:34.3	Then on these prophecies he placed
1:40.3	the sacred seal of holy death.
1:49.0	For in his birth he went before,
1:54.0	the one whose birth brings hope to all,
2:01.6	He points to Christ whose gift of life
2:06.6	In baptism flows forth for all
2:13.6	And by the portent of his blood, the Baptist showed in martyrdom,
2:26.3	the holy blameless death of Christ that would restore the world
2:36.3	to life.
2:39.6	Most loving Father grant our prayer
2:44.3	to follow John
2:47.8	and tread his paths that we may reap the fullest share of everlasting gifts in Christ. Amen. Do not be afraid to face them,
3:19.3	for I am with you, says the Lord.
3:30.0	I love the Lord, for he has heard the cry of my appeal, for he turned, for he turned his
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