Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 19th Wednesday in Ordinary Time, August 14th, 2025
Vigil - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Deus in Adjutorium – "O God, come to my assistance"
Hymn: "Gaudium Mundi," St. Peter Damian, translation copyright ©2023 ICEL
Psalm 113
Psalm 147v12-20
Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10
Reading: Romans 8v30
Responsory: As Mary is taken up to heaven, the angels of God rejoice.
Magnificat, Canticle of Mary
Intercessions: Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.
The Lord’s Prayer
Collect
Concluding Rite
Marian Devotion
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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.