Lauds, Morning Prayer for the 1st Thursday in Lent, March 13, 2025.

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00:00 Pray with the FREE Amen App. Download on your app store.
00:10 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
00:37 Hymn: "O Sun of Justice, Christ Our Lord." English Translation ICEL ©2023 published in "The Divine Office Hymnal,” GIA Publications, Inc.
02:27 Psalm 57 (StH tone C)
05:02 Canticle: Jeremiah 31v10-14 (tone II)
06:51 Psalm 48 (tone IV)
09:23 Reading: Romans 14v17-19
09:49 Responsory: God himself will set me free, from the hunter's snare.
10:38 Benedictus – Canticle of Zechariah (tone VIII)
12:54 Intercessions: Let your word be a lamp to guide us.
13:42 The Lord’s Prayer (ICEL)
14:18 Collect

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.