vespers
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Presiding would have required standing, kneeling and holding aloft a monstrance, a heavy gold vessel used to hold the communion host during vespers.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2021
It was my vespers, my evening prayer, my way of honoring creation and the sacred.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
Francis will also celebrate New Year’s Eve vespers and New Year’s Day Mass in the basilica.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
My own private vespers felt a little like counting the steps up a flight of steep stairs.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
At the sound of vespers I moved across the campus with groups of students, walking slowly, their voices soft in the mellow dusk.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
