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 – June 9

Psalms for Lauds

Reading for Lauds

I will be their shepherd, Christ says. They shall call on me, he says, and I will answer, “Here I am.” Lord, you have heard me more quickly than I ever hoped! And if they pass over, they shall not fall, says the Lord, meaning that we who are passing over into immortality shall not fall into corruption, for he will preserve us.
Such is our Teacher, both good and just. He said he had come not to be served but to serve, and so the gospel shows him tired out, he who labored for our sake and promised to give his life as ransom for many, a thing which, as he said, only a Good Shepherd will do.
How bountiful the giver who for our sake gives his most precious possession, his own life! He is a real benefactor and friend, who desired to be our brother when he might have been our Lord, and who in his goodness even went so far as to die for us!

Vespers – June 9

Psalms for Vespers

Reading for Vespers

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Verbum Domini
[1 John 5:1-5N]