Tuesday, September 16
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The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m.
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The Call to Prayer
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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, you heavenly hosts; praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
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Doxology
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The Request for Presence
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Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good* and to those who are true of
heart.
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Psalm 125:4
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The Greeting
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Out of the mouths of infants and children* your majesty is praised above the
heavens.
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Psalm 8:2
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The Hymn
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Let Us Kneel Before the Lord
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Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the speed of the runner;
But the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
For we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand. ❖ |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons
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We have heard with our ears, O God, our forefathers have told us,* the deeds you
did in their days, in the days of old.
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Psalm 44:1
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The Vespers Psalm
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The Just Shall See His Face
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The LORD is in his holy temple;* the LORD’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold the inhabited world;* his piercing eye weighs our worth.
The LORD weighs the righteous as well as the wicked,* but those who delight in
violence he abhors.
For the LORD is righteous; he delights in righteous deeds;* and the just shall see his
face.
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Psalm 11:4ff
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The Refrain
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We have heard with our ears, O God, our forefathers have told us,* the deeds you
did in their days, in the days of old. |
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The Gloria
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Glory be to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it is now and so it shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia.* Amen. |
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The Lord's Prayer
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name.
May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen.
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week
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O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that
your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule my heart; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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Almighty and eternal God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully
accept my prayer, and strengthen me to do your will; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.† |
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