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 16

Psalms for Lauds

Reading for Lauds

At one time a provincial judge heard of the abbot Moses, and set out into Scetis to see him. But the old man heard of his coming and got up to flee into the marsh. And the judge with his following met him, and questioned him, saying, “Tell me, old man, where is the cell of the abbot Moses?”
And he said, “Why do you seek him out? The man is a fool and a heretic.”

So the judge coming to the church said to the clergy, “I had heard of the abbot Moses and came to see him: but lo! we met an old man journeying into Egypt, and asked him where might be the cell of the abbot Moses. But he said, ‘Why do you seek him? He is a fool and a heretic.’”

The clergy, on hearing this, were perturbed and said, “What was this old man like, who spoke thus to you of the holy man?”
And they said, “He was an old man wearing a very ancient garment, tall and black.”
And they said, “It is the abbot himself: and because he did not wish to be seen by you, he told you these things about himself.” And mightily edified, the judge went away.

Vespers – April 16

Psalms for Vespers

Reading for Vespers

We must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the message declared through angels was valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty, how can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him, while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will. Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels.

Verbum Domini
Hebrews 2:1-5 NRSV