12.12.24 Vespers, Thursday Evening Prayer

Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Thursday in Advent, December 12th, 2024. Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Join us for a mid-winter chant retreat - January 24-26, 2025 - at Malvern Retreat HouseInfo and registration at singthehours.org/retreats Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"Hymn: Beata Dei genitrix, "O Blessed Mother of our Lord," translation by the Sisters of Saint Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, UK, tune Angelus LMPsalm 122Psalm 127Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10Reading: Revelation 21v2-3Responsory: "Her children rose up and they called her blessed."Magnificat, Canticle of MaryIntercessions: Grant us her love, help, and protection.The Lord’s Prayer (Latin)Concluding PrayersAlma Redemptoris Mater, Bl. Hermann Contractus, "Kind One, the Ransomer's Mother," John Rose c2021 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.