Tuesday, September 16
The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m.


The Call to Prayer
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.
Doxology

The Request for Presence
Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good* and to those who are true of heart.
Psalm 125:4


The Greeting

Out of the mouths of infants and children* your majesty is praised above the heavens.
Psalm 8:2

The Hymn

Let Us Kneel Before the Lord

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. ❖

The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons

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.
Psalm 44:1

The Vespers Psalm

The Just Shall See His Face

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.
Psalm 11:4ff

The Refrain

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.

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

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.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

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.†