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Tuesday, October 29
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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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Come now and see the works of God,* how wonderful he is in his doing toward
all people. |
Psalm 66:4
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The Request for Presence
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Let your countenance shine upon your servant* and teach me your statutes. |
Psalm 119:135
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The Greeting
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I will praise you upon the lyre for your faithfulness, O my God;* I will sing to you
with the harp, O Holy One of Israel. |
based on Psalm 71:22
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The Hymn
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The Call of Christ
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Sing them over again to me,
Wonderful words of Life;
Let me more of their beauty see,
Wonderful words of Life.
Words of life and beauty, teach me faith and duty:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life,
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life.
Christ, the blessed One, gives to all,
Wonderful words of Life.
Sinner, list to the loving call,
Wonderful words of Life.
All so freely given, wooing us to heaven:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life,
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life. Sweetly echo the gospels’ call,
Wonderful words of Life.
Offer pardon and peace to all,
Wonderful words of Life.
Jesus, only Savior, sanctify for ever:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life,
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life. |
Philip P. Bliss
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons
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The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken;* he has called the earth from the rising of
the sun to its setting. |
Psalm 50:1
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The Vespers Psalm
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God Has Gone Up with a Shout
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Clap your hands, all you peoples;* shout to God with a cry of joy.
God has gone up with a shout,* the LORD with the sound of the ram’s-horn.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;* sing praises to our King, sing praises.
For God is King of all the earth;* sing praises with all your skill.
God reigns over the nations;* God sits upon his holy throne.
The nobles of the peoples have gathered together* with the people of the God of
Abraham.
The rulers of the earth belong to God,* and he is highly exalted. |
Psalm 47:1, 5-10
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The Refrain
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The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken;* he has called the earth from the rising of
the sun to its setting. |
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The Small Verse
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Create in me a clean heart, O God,* and renew a right spirit within me. |
Psalm 51:11
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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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Almighty and everlasting God, increase in me the gifts of faith, hope, and charity;
and, that I may obtain what you promise, make me love what you command;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake we may
watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace. Amen. |
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