Friday Divine Office: Lauds & Vespers 

Audio for Friday in the First Week of Advent. Pray along with the traditional Monastic Divine Office, featuring the daily Psalms and prayers for Lauds and Vespers.

Audio for Vespers, First Friday of Advent

Header image: Roslin, T'oros. The Last Judgment (T'oros Roslin Gospels, MS W.539, fol. 109v). 1262. Illuminated manuscript. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons, available from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T%27oros_Roslin_Gospels,_The_Last_Judgment,_Walters_Manuscript_W.539,_fol._109v.jpg

Lauds video image: Fra Angelico. Crucifixion with Saints (detail: Head of Saint Benedict). 1441–1442. Fresco, 550 × 950 cm. Chapter House, Convent of San Marco, Florence. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons, available from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Angelico_031.jpg.

Vespers video image: Ferrari, Gaudenzio. Stories of the Life and Passion of Christ. 1513. Fresco. Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Varallo Sesia, Italy. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons, available from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GaudenzioFerrari_StorieCristo_Varallo2.jpg.