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Thursday, March 5 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Wednesday, Second Week of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Know that the LORD does wonders for the faithful;* when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me. Tremble, then, and do not sin;* speak to your heart in silence upon your bed. Offer the appointed sacrifices* and put your trust in the LORD. |
| Psalm 4:35 |
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The Request for Presence |
| O LORD, do not forsake me;* be not far from me, O my God. Make haste to help me,* O Lord of my salvation. |
| Psalm 38:2122 |
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The Greeting |
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| As the deer longs for the water-brooks,* so longs my soul for you, O God. |
| Psalm 42:1 |
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The Hymn |
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From Psalm 136 |
| Let us with a gladsome mind praise the Lord, for He is kind: For His mercies shall endure, ever faithful, ever sure. Let us sound His Name abroad, for of gods He is the God: For His mercies shall endure, ever faithful, ever sure. He, with all commanding might, filled the new-made world with light: For His mercies shall endure, ever faithful, ever sure. All things living He does feed; His full hand supplies their need: For His mercies shall endure, ever faithful, ever sure. Let us then with gladsome minds praise the Lord for He is kind: For His mercies shall endure, ever faithful, ever sure. |
| John Milton |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Turn again to your rest, O my soul,* for the LORD has treated you well. For you have rescued my life from death,* my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. |
| Psalm 116:67 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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One Thing I Seek |
| One thing have I asked of the LORD; one thing I seek;* that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life; To behold the fair beauty of the LORD* and to seek him in his temple. |
| Psalm 27:56 |
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The Refrain |
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| Turn again to your rest, O my soul,* for the LORD has treated you well. For you have rescued my life from death,* my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. |
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The Small Verse |
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| Lord, let your way be known upon the earth; Your saving health among all nations. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. Create in me a clean heart, O God; And sustain me in your Holy Spirit. |
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The Lords 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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| O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into my heart your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, 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, stay with me, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be my companion in the way, kindle my heart, and awaken hope, that I may know you as you are revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of your love. Amen. |
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