Vespers, Friday Evening Prayer of the 23rd Friday in Ordinary Time, September 12, 2025.____________________Thank you for praying with us. Help us keep Sing the Hours on the internet! 100% of your donation goes to Sing the Hours when you sign up for monthly support at https://singthehours.org/members Access 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 By Mail: St. Paul’s Parish, attn: Paul Rose, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Checks made payable to Paul Rose.9 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Checks made payable to Paul Rose. Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (Sing the Hours arrangement)Hymn: "Maker of Man who from Thy throne." Translation by JD ChambersPsalm 135 (two parts, tone VI, antiphons adapted from the Gregorian by StH)Canticle: Revelation 15v3-4Reading: James 1v2-4Responsory: Christ loved us and washed away our sins, in his own blood. (StH arrangement based on Gregorian)Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55, Latin, Gregorian tone VIII, Novo Vulgata)Intercessions: Have mercy on your people, Lord.Pater Noster (Latin, solemn)CollectDominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord Bless us" 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.