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Saturday, December 27 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m. |
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The Feast of the Nativity |
The Call to Prayer |
| Sing to the LORD a new song;* sing to the LORD, all the whole earth. Sing to the LORD and bless his Name;* proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations* and his wonders among all peoples. |
| Psalm 96:1–3 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God,* and your glory over all the earth. |
| Psalm 57:6 |
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The Greeting |
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| I will offer you a freewill sacrifice* and praise your Name, O LORD, for it is good. For you have rescued me from every trouble . . . |
| Psalm 54:6–7 |
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The Hymn |
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Joy to the World |
| Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the world! The Savior reigns; Let us our songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins or sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love. |
| Isaac Watts |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| I lie down and go to sleep;* I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. |
| Psalm 3:5 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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My Heart Is Glad, My Spirit Rejoices, My Body Shall Rest in Peace |
| O LORD, you are my portion and my cup;* it is you who uphold my lot. My boundaries enclose a pleasant land;* indeed, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the LORD who gives me counsel;* my heart teaches me, night after night. I have set the LORD always before me;* because he is at my right hand I shall not fall. My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices;* my body also shall rest in hope. For you will not abandon me to the grave,* nor let your holy one see the Pit. You will show me the path of life;* in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore. |
| Psalm 16:5–11 |
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The Refrain |
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| I lie down and go to sleep;* I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. |
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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 God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born this day of a pure virgin: Grant that I, who have been born again and made your child by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through my Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| O God, you have caused the holy night to shine with the brightness of the true Light: Grant that I, who have known the mystery of that Light on earth, may also enjoy him perfectly in heaven; where with you and the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.† |
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