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Monday, March 9 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Third Sunday of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Bless the LORD, O my soul,* and all that is within me, bless his holy Name. Bless the LORD, O my soul,* and forget not all his benefits. |
| Psalm 103:1–2 |
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The Request for Presence |
| The LORD will hear the desire of the humble;* you will strengthen their heart and your ears shall hear. |
| Psalm 10:18 |
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The Greeting |
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| O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everlasting Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises O God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds. |
| Phos Hilaron |
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The Hymn |
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Come, Pure Hearts |
| Come, pure hearts, in joyful measure sing of those who spread the treasure in the truth of God enshrined; blessed tidings of salvation, peace on earth their proclamation, love from God to lost mankind. See the rivers four that gladden, with their streams, the better Eden planted by our Lord most dear; Christ the fountain, these the waters; drink, O Zion’s son and daughters, drink, and find salvation here. O that we, your truth confessing, and your holy word possessing, Jesus may your love adore; unto you our voices raising, you with all your ransomed praising, ever and for evermore. |
| Latin, 12th C. |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer. |
| Psalm 6:9 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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I Am with Him in Trouble |
| Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him;* I will protect him, because he knows my Name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;* I am with him in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him to honor. With long life will I satisfy him,* and show him my salvation. |
| Psalm 91:14–16 |
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The Refrain |
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| The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer. |
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The Small Verse |
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| The Lord is my shepherd and nothing is wanting to me.* In green pastures He has settled me. |
| THE SHORT BREVIARY |
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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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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your people, thank you for your servant Matthias, who was faithful in the care and nurture of your flock; and I pray that, following his example, and the teaching of his holy life, I may by your grace grow into the stature of the fullness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. † |
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