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OFFICE OF THE BVM.

out her hands to the poor, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Versicle and Response as at Lauds. Prayer as above

COMMEMORATION OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

Antiphon, Versicle, and Response at First Vespers, Lauds, and Second Vespers are the same as for the Commemoration of St. Dominic

Let us pray

O God, Who didst strengthen w blessed Vincent with apostolic power to preach the Gospel to the poor, and advance the honor of the ecclesiastical order; grant, we beseech Thee, that, as we venerate his merits of charity, so we may be instructed by the many examples of his virtues.

COMMEMORATION OF ST. ANGELA MERICI

FIRST VESPERS

Ant. Come, O spouse of Christ, accept the crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee from eternity.

V. In thy comeliness and thy beauty.

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