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Monday, November 24
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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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Tell it out among the nations: “The LORD is King!* he has made the world so firm
that it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.” |
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Psalm 96:10
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The Request for Presence
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Restore our fortunes, O LORD,* like the watercourses of the Negev. |
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Psalm 126:5
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The Greeting
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Whom have I in heaven but you?* and having you I desire nothing upon earth. |
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Psalm 73:25
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The Hymn
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Hearken to the anthem glorious
Of the martyrs robed in white;
They, like Christ, in death victorious
Dwell forever in the light.
Living, they proclaimed salvation,
Heaven endowed with grace and power;
And they died in imitation
Of their Savior’s final hour.
Christ, for cruel traitors pleading,
Triumphed in his parting breath
Over all miracles preceding
His inestimable death.
Take from him what you will give him,
Of his fullness grace for grace;
Strive to think him, speak him, live him,
Till you find him face to face. |
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Christopher Smart
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons
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Those who sowed with tears* will reap with songs of joy.
Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed,* will come again with joy, shouldering
their sheaves. |
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Psalm 126:6-7
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The Vespers Psalm
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You Have Set a Banner for Those Who Fear You
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O God, you have cast us off and broken us;* you have been angry; oh, take us back
to you again.
You have shaken the earth and split it open;* repair the cracks in it, for it totters.
You have made your people know hardship;* you have given us wine that makes
us stagger.
You have set up a banner for those who fear you,* to be a refuge from the power of
the bow.
Save us by your right hand and answer us,* that those who are dear to you may be
delivered. |
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Psalm 60:1-5
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The Refrain
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Those who sowed with tears* will reap with songs of joy.
Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed,* will come again with joy, shouldering
their sheaves. |
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Psalm 126:6-7
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The Cry of the Church
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Even so, come, Lord Jesus! |
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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, whose will it is to restore all things in your wellbeloved
Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples
of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought
together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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Concluding Prayers of the Church
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Almighty God, who gave to your servant Andrew boldness to confess the Name
of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for
this faith: Grant that I may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is
in me, and to suffer gladly for the sake of my Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.†
Almighty God, you have surrounded me with a great cloud of witnesses: Grant
that I, encouraged by the good example of your servant Andrew; may persevere
in running the race that is set before me, until at last I may with him attain
to your eternal joy; through Jesus Christ, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.† |
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