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


The Call to Prayer
We will bless the LORD,* from this time forth for evermore. Hallelujah!
Psalm 115:18

The Request for Presence
Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause;* you set me free when I am hard-pressed; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
Psalm 4:1


The Greeting

Be exalted, O LORD, in your might;* we will sing and praise your power.
Psalm 21:14

The Hymn

God, creation’s secret force, Yourself unmoved, yet motion’s source, Who from the morn till evening’s ray Through every change does guide the day: Grant me, when this short life is past, The glorious evening that shall last; That, by a holy death attained Eternal glory may be gained. Grant this, O Father ever one With Jesus Christ Your only Son And Holy Ghost, whom all adore, Reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.
adapted from THE SHORT BREVIARY

The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons

Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD,* nor anything like your works.
Psalm 86:8

The Vespers Psalm

All Things Look to You, O Lord

O LORD, how manifold are your works!* in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the great and wide sea with its living things too many to number,* creatures both small and great. There move the ships, and there is that Leviathan,* which you have made for the sport of it. All of them look to you* to give them their food in due season. You give it to them; they gather it;* you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. You hide your face, and they are terrified;* you take away their breath, and they die and return to their dust. You send forth your Spirit, and they are created;* and so you renew the face of the earth.
Psalm 104:25-31

The Refrain

Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD,* nor anything like your works.

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

Holy Father, creator and sustaining wisdom of all that is, both in heaven and on earth, take from me those thoughts, actions and objects that are hurtful. Give me instead those things that are profitable for me and all who seek rightly to praise you. I ask this grace in the company of all believers and through the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who is, with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

For an angel of peace, faithful guardian and guide of our souls and our bodies, we beseech thee, O Lord.
Orthodox