Friday, February 3
The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m


The Call to Prayer
God is the LORD; he has shined upon us;* form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar.
Psalm 118:27

The Request for Presence
Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you,* when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies.
Psalm 28:2


The Greeting

All your works praise you, O LORD,* and your faithful servants bless you. They make known the glory of your kingdom and speak of your power . . . * and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
Psalm 145:10–12

The Hymn

O Sabbath rest of Galilee! O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with thee The silence of eternity Interpreted with love. Drop your still dews of quietness Till all our strivings ease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of your peace.
John G. Whittier

The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,* which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.
Psalm 125:1

The Vespers Psalm

This Is Comfort in My Trouble

Remember your word to your servant,* because you have given me hope. This is my comfort in my trouble,* that your promise gives me life. The proud have derided me cruelly,* but I have not turned from your law. When I remember your judgments of old,* LORD, I take great comfort. I am filled with a burning rage,* because of the wicked who forsake your law. Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived as a stranger. I remember your Name in the night, O LORD,* and dwell upon your law. This is how it has been with me,* because I have kept your commandments.
Psalm 119:49–56

The Refrain

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,* which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.

The Small Verse

The earth is the Lord’s and all the fullness thereof, the world and we who dwell within. Thanks be to God.
Traditional

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

Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

May God himself order my days and make them acceptable in his sight. Blessed is the Lord always, my strength and my redeemer.
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