Lauds, Morning Prayer on the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2025.

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Latin/English Translation for the Benedictus and the Magnificat
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLzxSsHz6aKXBKznoJxYjKztRLsoAxKDH7Q6eyCvKv4/edit?usp=sharing

Lord open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim Your praise.
Invitatory Antiphon
Psalm 95
Hymn*: “Vox clara ecce intonat,” Attr. St. Ambrose (4th century), Translation by ICEL ©2023
Psalm 63v2-9
Canticle: Daniel 3v57-88, 56
Psalm 149
Reading: Romans 13v11-12
Responsory: Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.
Benedictus (English, Tone 8, Luke 1v68-79)
Intercessions: "Show us your mercy, 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.
*Hymn - Copyright ©2023 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The English translation is copyright ©2023 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The Hymnal is published and distributed exclusively by GIA Publications, Inc.