Saturday, September 7
The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m.


The Call to Prayer
Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise;* give thanks to him and call upon his Name.
Psalm 100:3

The Request for Presence
May God give us his blessing,* and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.
Psalm 67:7


The Greeting

We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks,* calling upon your Name and declaring all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 75:1

The Hymn

Blessed Be the Tie That Binds

Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above. Before our Father’s throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares. We share each other’s woes, our mutual burdens bear; and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear. When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain; but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.
John Fawcett

The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons

I will fulfill my vows to the LORD* in the presence of all his people,
Psalm 116:16

The Vespers Psalm

Gather Before Me Those Who Have Made a Covenant with Me

The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken;* he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, perfect in its beauty,* God reveals himself in glory. Our God will come and will not keep silence;* before him there is a consuming flame, and round about him a raging storm. He calls the heavens and the earth from above* to witness the judgment of his people. “Gather before me my loyal followers,* those who have made a covenant with me and sealed it with sacrifice.” Let the heavens declare the rightness of his cause;* for God himself is judge.
Psalm 50:1–6

The Refrain

I will fulfill my vows to the LORD* in the presence of all his people.

The Gloria

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.

The Lord's Prayer

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.

The Prayer Appointed for the Week

Grant me, O Lord, to trust in you with all my heart; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ, triumphed over the powers of death and prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that I, who have this day given thanks for his resurrection, may praise you in the City of which he is the light, and where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.†