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Saturday, March 14 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Friday, Third Week of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Praise the LORD, all you nations;* laud him, all you peoples. For his loving-kindness toward us is great,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. |
| Psalm 117:1–2 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your Name;* deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your Name’s sake. |
| Psalm 79:9 |
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The Greeting |
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| You are to be praised, O God, in Zion . . . To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,* because of their transgressions. |
| Psalm 65:1–2 |
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The Hymn |
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| The day is past and over; all thanks, O Lord, to thee! I ask that offenseless now the hours of dark may be, O Jesus, keep me in your sight, and guard me through the coming night. The joys of day are over; I lift my heart to thee, and ask you that sinless now the hours of dark may be. O Jesus, make their darkness light, and guard me through the coming night. The toils of day are over; I raise my hymn to thee, and ask that free from terrors now the hours of dark may be. O Jesus, keep me in your sight, and guard me through the coming night. Please be my soul’s preserver, O God, for you do know how many are the perils through which I have to go. Lord Jesus Christ, O hear my call, save and guard me from them all. |
| Greek, 6th C. |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,* and your faithfulness to the clouds. |
| Psalm 36:5 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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The LORD Shall Preserve You |
| I lift up my eyes to the hills;* from where is my help to come? My help comes from the LORD,* the maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved* and he who watches over you will not fall asleep. Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel* shall neither slumber nor sleep; The LORD himself watches over you;* the LORD is your shade at your right hand, So that the sun shall not strike you by day,* nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;* it is he who shall keep you safe. The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in,* from this time forth for evermore. |
| Psalm 121 |
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The Refrain |
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| Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,* and your faithfulness to the clouds. |
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The Small Verse |
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| The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on the inhabitants of a country in shadow dark as death light has blazed forth. |
| Isaiah 9:1 |
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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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| Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who cares for us: Preserve me from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from me the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. † |
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Concluding Prayers of the Church |
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| Lord Jesus Christ, by your death you took away the sting of death: Grant me so to follow in faith where you have led the way, that I may at length fall asleep peacefully in you and wake up in your likeness; for your tender mercies’ sake. Amen. † May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace. Amen. |
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