Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 1st Thursday in Advent, December 5, 2025.

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Introductory Rite: Deus in Adjutorium
Hymn: "Magnae Deus potentiae." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc.
Psalm 30
Psalm 32
Canticle: Revelation 1:17-18, 12:10 b-12a
Reading: James 5v7-8
Responsory: "The Lord has given us food, bread of the finest wheat."
Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)
Intercessions: "Look kindly on your children, Lord."
The Lord's Prayer
Collect (Concluding Prayers)
Concluding Rite

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.