Vespers, Evening Prayer on March 5, 2025, Ash Wednesday
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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
Hymn: "Iesu, Quadragenariae Dicator Abstinentiae." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc.
Psalm 139
Psalm 139 continued
Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20
Reading: Philippians 2v12b-15a
Responsory: "To you O Lord, I make my prayer for mercy."
Magnificat
Intercessions: "Bless Your people, Lord"
Pater Noster (The Lord’s Prayer)
Concluding Prayers and Dismissal with Fr. Nathaniel

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.