Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 1st Tuesday in Advent, December 2, 2025.

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Latin/English Translation for the Benedictus and the Magnificat

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance" (Latin)

Hymn: "Creator of the Stars of Night." English Translation by JM Neale, 19th century

Psalm 20

Psalm 21v2-8, 14

Canticle: Revelation 4v11; 5v9, 10, 12

Reading: See 1 Corinthians 1v7b-9

Responsory: Come and set us free, Lord God of power and might.

Canticle of Mary (Magnificat)

Intercessions: Come, Lord, and save us.

Pater Noster – "Our Father"

Collect (Concluding Prayer)

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.