The Liturgy of the Hours: Sing the Hours

Vespers I, Saturday Evening Prayer on the 3rd Sunday in Advent, December 10th, 2022. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email [email protected].

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"

Hymn: "Creator of the Stars of Night," Neale

Psalm 113 (Gregorian tone 6)

Psalm 116v10-19 (Gregorian tone 7)

Canticle: Philippians 2v6-11 (Gregorian tone 2)

Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5v23-24

Responsory: Lord, show us Your mercy and love. (StH arrangement)

Canticle of Mary (Magnificat, English, Gregorian tone 8, Simple)

Intercessions: Come, Lord, and do not delay! (StH arrangement) 

The Lord’s Prayer – "Pater Noster"

Concluding Prayers

Alma Redemptoris Mater (Bl. Hermann Contractus)

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Lauds, Saturday Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours, on the 2nd Saturday in Advent, December 10th, 2022

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God Come To My Assistance"

Hymn: Jesu Dulcis Memoria, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, translation by John Rose and Sing the Hours 2021.

Psalm 92 (tone 6, antiphon Based on "Bonum Est Confitero Domino," Antiphonale Monasticum, Solesmes, 1934, p. 67)

Canticle: Deuteronomy 32v1-12 (tone 6 alt, Antiphon based on "Date Magnitudinem," Antiphonale Monasticum, Solesmes, 1934, p. 75)

Psalm 8 (tone 1, Antiphon based on "Quam admirábile" from the Psalterium Monasticum, Solesmes, 1981, p. 8)

Reading

Responsory

Benedictus (English, Tone 8, Luke 1v68-79)

Intercessions

The Lord's Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Ave Maria (Gregorian)

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Friday in Advent, December 9th, 2022.

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Hymn: "Conditor Alme Siderum," 6th century, translation “Creator of the Stars of Night" Neale 19th century

Psalm 116v1-9 (STH tone)

Psalm 121 (Gregorian tone 1)

Canticle: Revelation 15v3-4 (Gregorian, tonus peregrinus)

Reading: 1 Corinthians 15v3-4

Responsory

Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (English, tone 8, final verse Latin)

Intercessions

The Lord's Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Marian Appeal

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Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 2nd Friday in Advent, December 9th, 2022.

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Domine Labia Mea Aperies – "Lord open my lips"

Invitatory Psalm 95

Hymn: "Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding," Caswall

Psalm 51 (tone 7)

Canticle: Habakkuk 3v2-4, 13a, 15-19 (tone 2)

Psalm 147v12-20 (tone 4)

Reading

Responsory

Canticle of Zechariah (tone 8)

Intercessions

The Lord’s Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Ave Maria (Latin, Gregorian)

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Thursday in Advent, December 8th, 2022.

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Hymn: "Mary Crowned with Living Light," Stanbrook Abbey

Psalm 122

Psalm 127

Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10

1 Corinthians 15v22-23

Responsory

Magnificat, Canticle of Mary

Intercessions: Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

The Lord’s Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Alma Redemptoris Mater, Bl. Hermann Contractus, "Kind One, the Ransomer's Mother," John Rose c2021

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Lauds, Wednesdsay Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours, on the 2nd Thursday in Advent, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8th, 2022.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God Come To My Assistance"

Hymn: "Thre Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came," Basque Christmas Folk Carol

Psalm 63v2-9

Canticle: Daniel 3v57-88, 56

Psalm 149

Reading: Isaiah 61v10

Responsory: The God of power has given me his strength.

Benedictus (English, Tone 8, Luke 1v68-79)

Intercessions: "May your mother intercede for us, Lord."

The Lord's Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Immaculate Mary (c.1904)

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Wednesday in Advent, December 7th, 2022.

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Hymn: "Praeclara custos virginum," Liber Hymnarius pg.475, translated by Caswall, 19th century

Psalm 113

Psalm 147v12-20

Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10

Reading: Romans 8:30

Responsory

Magnificat, Canticle of Mary

Intercessions: Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

The Lord’s Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Alma Redemptoris Mater

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Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 2nd Wednesday in Advent, December 7th, 2022. Memorial of St. Ambrose of Milan. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email [email protected].

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance" (Polyphonic, StH arrangement)

Hymn: "Fortem piumque praesulum," translated by the sisters of St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, UK, from the "Hymnal for the Hours," by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Psalm 77 (Gregorian tone 3a, drone G, antiphon by StH, inspired by Verona, Antiphonae & Responsoria/Tomus III, p. 47; occasion: Psalterium Hebdomada II Feria IV)

Canticle: 1 Samuel 2v1-10  (Gregorian tone 8, antiphon by StH based on "Exaltabo te Domine;" Verona, book: Antiphonae & Responsoria/Tomus III, p. 23)

Psalm 97 (Gregorian tone 3a, minor drone, Dominus regnavit; antiphon by StH based on Verona, Antiphonae & Responsoria/Tomus III, p. 47)

Reading

Responsory

Benedictus (English, Gregorian tone 8, Luke 1v68-79)

Intercessions

The Lord's Prayer (traditional English chant)

Concluding Prayers

Dominus nos benedicat – "May the Lord bless us..." (English)

Ave Maria (StH English arrangement #2)

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Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 2nd Tuesday in Advent, December 6th, 2022.

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Deus in Adjutorium

Hymn: "Creator of the Stars of Night," Neale

Psalm 49 (antiphon 1)

Psalm 49 (antiphon 2)

Canticle: Revelation 4v11, 5-9, 10, 12

Reading

Responsory

Magnificat (Latin, Simple): Luke 1v46-55

Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus.

The Lord's Prayer

Concluding Prayers

Alma Redemptoris Mater

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Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 2nd Tuesday in Advent, December 6th, 2022. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email [email protected]. Or visit our website at www.singthehours.org.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"

Hymn: "O Salutaris Hostia," St. Thomas Aquinas

Psalm 43

Canticle: Isaiah 38v10-14, 17b-20

Psalm 65

Reading: Genesis 49v10

Responsory: Your light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.

Benedictus (English, Tone 8, Luke 1v68-79)

Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus!

The Lord's Prayer

Concluding Prayers

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