Livestream LITURGY OF THE HOURS

We welcome you to join the Community of Jesus daily via livestream as we pray the Liturgy of the Hours — Lauds and Vespers.  These services sung in Gregorian chant include psalms, hymns, readings, and prayers.

Lauds – April 28

Psalms for Lauds

Reading for Lauds

​The passage from the gospel in which the Lord calls himself the vine and his disciples the branches affirms in its own way that, as mediator between God and the human race, the man Christ Jesus is the head of the church and we are his members. It is beyond dispute that a vine and its branches are of one and the same stock. Christ became man precisely in order that in his own person there might be a vine of human stock whose branches we could become. When branches are attached to a vine, it is not to confer any advantage on the vine; it is rather that the branches themselves may draw their sustenance from the vine.
​Our Lord’s words were not, “You can do little without me,” but: You can do nothing. Without him, nothing can be done.

Vespers – April 28

Psalms for Vespers

Reading for Vespers

​When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

Verbum Domini​​
John 11:17-23 NRSV