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Tuesday, May 20
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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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Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving,* make music to our God upon the harp.
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Psalm 147:7
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The Request for Presence
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Let your countenance shine upon your servant* and teach me your statutes.
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Psalm 119:135
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The Greeting
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How glorious you are!* more splendid than the everlasting mountains!
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Psalm 76:4
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The Hymn
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Most ancient of all mysteries,
Before your throne we lie;
Have mercy now, most merciful,
Most holy Trinity.
When heaven and earth were still unmade,
When time was yet unknown,
You in your radiant majesty
Did live and love alone.
You were not born, there was no source
From which your Being flowed;
There is no end which you can reach,
For you are simply God.
How wonderful creation is,
The work which you did bless;
What then must you be like, dear God,
Eternal loveliness!
Most ancient of all mysteries,
Before your throne we lie,
Have mercy now and evermore,
Most holy Trinity.
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Fredrick Faber
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons
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Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing;* from age to age my mouth will proclaim
your faithfulness.
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Psalm 89:1
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The Vespers Psalm
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You Make the Darkness That It May Be Night
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The trees of the LORD are full of sap,* the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
In which the birds build their nests,* and in whose tops the stork makes his
dwelling.
The high hills are a refuge for the mountain goats,* and the stony cliffs for the rock
badgers.
You appointed the moon to mark the seasons,* and the sun knows the time of its
setting.
You make darkness that it may be night,* in which all the beasts of the forest
prowl.
The lions roar after their prey* and seek their food from God.
The sun rises, and they slip away* and lay themselves down in their dens.
Man goes forth to his work* and to his labor until the evening.
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Psalm 104:17–24
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The Refrain
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Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing;* from age to age my mouth will proclaim
your faithfulness. |
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The Gloria
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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. |
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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 merciful God, in your goodness keep me, I pray, from all things that
may hurt me, that I, being ready both in mind and body, may accomplish with
a free heart those things which belong to your purpose; through Jesus Christ
my Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
for ever. Amen. † |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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Lord Jesus Christ, you have prepared a quiet place for us in your Father’s eternal
home. Watch over our welfare on this perilous journey, shade us from the
burning heat of day, and keep our lives free of evil until the end. Amen.
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THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS, VOL. I I I
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