Start the new year with the chanting of vespers. Join the Sisters on January 1st at 5 pm. In the Divine Office, “the soul, therefore, may converse freely with her God... she may sing praise, as David did, in the sight of the angels, whose eternal prayer blends with the prayer which the Church utters in time.”#chant #vespers #newyear #2026 | Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas

Opening antiphon of Friday Vespers. The Sisters look forward to the chanting of Vespers at the end of the busy school day. Friday Vespers begins with the the psalm of David, “Domine probasti me…”, “Lord, Thou hast proved me and known me…” #religiouslife | Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas

The Archdiocesan seminarians, alumni and clergy on pilgrimage in Lebanon chanting vespers on June 17 at St. George Church at Balamand Monastery in Lebanon. | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

On the eve of the Second Vespers for the Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul, the mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV — the 267th successor of Saint Peter — was unveiled in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The medallion joins the series honoring all the Popes in the Catholic Church history, from Peter to the present day. | EWTN Asia Pacific

Not exactly a spoiler…history’s been out for 700 years…but after the legendary Sicilian Vespers revolt of 1282, things didn’t end quite the way the Sicilian rebels had hoped. | Carlo Treviso Author