Divine Office

Vespers

Advent

1st Week

Psalter Week 1

Sunday

November

2025

Invitatory

Lord, ✛ open my lips, *
and my mouth will proclaim Your praise.

An Invitation to Praise God

Psalm 95

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

The King who is to come, it's the Lord. Come, let us adore him.

Come, let us sing praise to the LORD. *

Shout with joy to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us enter His presence with a song of thanksgiving, *

singing joyful songs to Him.

[ANT]

For the LORD is a great God, *

and the great King above all gods.

In His hand are the depths of the earth, *

and the mountain peaks are His as well.

The sea is His for He made it, *

His hands formed the dry land.

[ANT]

Come, let us bow down and worship. *

LORDus kneel before the LORD our maker,

for He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, *

and the flock of His hand.

[ANT]

Today, will you hear His voice? †

"Do not harden your hearts, *

as at Meribah and during the temptation in the wilderness,

where your ancestors tested and provoked Me, *

although they were witness to My work."

[ANT]

"Forty years that generation disgusted Me", †

and I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, *

and they do not know My ways."

So I swore in My anger, *

"Never shall they enter into My rest."

[ANT]

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen
Alleluia

Introduction

God, ✛ come to my assistance; *
Lord, make haste to help me.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen
Alleluia

Psalmody

Messiah, King, & Priest

Psalm 110

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

Announce * to all people and say: Behold, our God and Savior is coming.

The LORD says to my master, *

"Sit at my right hand,

and I will make your enemies *

into a footstool for your feet."

From Zion, the LORD will extend your mighty scepter's reach, saying, *

"Rule in the midst of your enemies."

On the day of your power, your people will follow you, †

in your holy splendor, *

"With the breaking of dawn, your youth comes to you like the dew."

The LORD swore an irrevocable oath, *

"You are a priest always, in the order of King Melchizedek."

On your right is my master, *

who will crush rulers on the day of his wrath.

He will drink from the brook along his way; *

therefore he will lift up his head.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen
Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

Announce * to all people and say: Behold, our God and Savior is coming.

Israel Freed from Egypt

Psalm 114

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

On that day, * the mountains will drip with sweetness, and the hills will flow with milk and honey, alleluia.

When Israel came out of Egypt, *

Jacob's children from a foreign people,

Judah became God's sanctuary, *

and Israel became his dominion.

The sea flees at their sight; *

the Jordan turns back to its source.

The mountains leap like rams, *

and the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled, *

Jordan, that you returned to your source,

the mountains, that you leaped like rams, *

and the hills like lambs?

Tremble, earth, before the Lord, *

before the God of Jacob,

who turned the rock into pools of water, *

and made waters spring forth from flint.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen
Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

On that day, * the mountains will drip with sweetness, and the hills will flow with milk and honey, alleluia.

Salvation, Glory, and Power

Revelation 19:1-2, 5-7, 9

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

Behold, I come quickly, * and I have My rewards with Me, says the Lord, to give graciously to all according to what they've done.

Alleluia

Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, *

for His judgments are true and just.

Alleluia

Praise our God, all you servants of the Lord, *

you who fear him, both small and great.

Alleluia

For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. *

Let us rejoice and exult and give glory to Him.

Alleluia

For the marriage of the Lamb has come, *

and His bride has made herself ready.

Alleluia

Blessed are those who are invited *

to the wedding banquet of the Lamb.

Alleluia

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen
Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

Behold, I come quickly, * and I have My rewards with Me, says the Lord, to give graciously to all according to what they've done.

Reading

An Epistle to the Church in Philippi 4:4-5

Always rejoice in the Lord; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be know by all people. For the Lord is near.

Silence for Reflection

Brief Response

℣ Let us see You Lord, and Your mercy.

℟ Let us see You Lord, * and Your mercy.

℣ And give us Your salvation.

℟ and Your mercy.

℣ Glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ Let us see You Lord, * and Your mercy.

Gospel Canticle

My Soul Magnifies

Luke 1:46-55

UMB-EN

Antiphon

Ant.

The Holy Spirit * will descend upon you, Mary: do not fear, you will carry and give birth to the Son of God, alleluia.

My soul ✛ magnifies the greatness of the Lord; *

my spirit bursts, rejoicing in God my Savior.

For He knew the humility of His servant. *

From today all generations will call me blessed.

The Almighty has done great things for me, *

and holy is His name.

He has mercy for those who fear Him, *

from generation to generation.

He has shown the strength of His arm, *

and scattered the proud for the thoughts of their hearts.

He has torn the mighty from their thrones, *

and lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, *

and sent the rich away empty.

He has given help to His servant Israel, *

and remembered His promise of mercy.

The promise made to our ancestors, *

to Abraham and His children forever.

Gloria

Glory to the Father, to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.
Amen
Alleluia

Antiphon

Ant.

The Holy Spirit * will descend upon you, Mary: do not fear, you will carry and give birth to the Son of God, alleluia.

Intercessory Prayers of Petition

Let us invite Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, who is the way, the truth, and the life, saying:

Come, Lord, and stay with us!

Jesus, Son of the Most High, who was announced to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel,

– come reign over Your people forever.

Come, Lord, and stay with us!

You, Holy of God, for whom Your Forerunner leapt for joy in Elizabeth's womb,

– come and give the joy of salvation to the whole universe.

Come, Lord, and stay with us!

Jesus the Savior, an angel revealed Your name to the righteous man Joseph,

– come save Your people from their sins.

Come, Lord, and stay with us!

Light of the World, awaited for by Simeon and all the righteous,

– come comfort us.

Come, Lord, and stay with us!

Star from on High, unfading light, whose coming Zechariah foretold,

– come shine upon all those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

Come, Lord, and stay with us!

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who is in heaven,
    hallowed be Your Name.
Your kingdom come,
    Your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
    as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from evil;
for the kingdom, the power,
    and the glory are Yours without end.
Amen

Collect

Let us pray.

Give Your enduring will, Almighty God, to all Your faithful. † For we will meet the Christ with and within works of justice. * In these works, and at His Judgment, we are His companions who embody His will. The Kingdom of Heaven is our hope and our home given to us through our Lord Jesus Christ. Your Son, who lives and reigns in unity with You and the Holy Spirit. God, now and forever. Amen.

Blessing

May the Lord bless us,
keep us from all evil,
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen