Tuesday, November 18
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

We Believe in One True God

We believe in one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, An ever present help in need, praised by all the heavenly host; By whose mighty power alone, all is made and wrought and done. We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Mary’s Son, Who descended from his throne and thus our salvation won; By whose cross and death are we lifted from sin’s misery. We confess the Holy Ghost, who from both forever proceeds; Who upholds and comforts us in our trials, fears, and needs. Blest and Holy Trinity, praise for ever be to Thee!
Tobias Clausnitzer

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

God Is My King from Ancient Times

Yet God is my King from ancient times,* victorious in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by your might* and shattered the heads of the dragons upon the waters; You crushed the heads of Leviathan* and gave him to the people of the desert for food. You split open spring and torrent;* you dried up ever-flowing rivers. Yours is the day, yours also the night;* you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth;* you made both summer and winter.
Psalm 74:11-16

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.
Psalm 44:1

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

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant me so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that I may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and 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.†