Vespers I, Evening prayer for the 12th Thursday in Ordinary Time, June 26, 2025. Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance" (Solemn tone, adapted to English by StH©2023)
Hymn: “Auctor beate saeculi." Author unknown. English translation by Fr. Husenbeth b.1796
Antiphon 1: "God has loves us with an everlasting love..."
Psalm 113
Antiphon 2: Translation: "Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."
Psalm 146
Antiphon 3: "I am the Good Shepherd..."
Canticle: Revelation 4v11; 5v9, 10, 12
Reading: Ephesians 5v25b-27
Responsory: Christ has loved us, and in his blood he has washed away our sins.
Gospel Antiphon: Translation: "I have come to cast fire on the earth. How I long to see the flame leap up."
Magnificat (Canticle of Mary: Luke 1v46-55)
Intercessions: Most loving Lord, have mercy on us.
Pater noster (The Lord's Prayer)
Collect
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.