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Wednesday, December 3 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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First Week of Advent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Come, let us sing to the LORD;* let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving* and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God,* and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth,* and the heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his, for he made it,* and his hands have molded the dry land. |
| Psalm 95:1-5 |
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The Request for Presence |
| May God be merciful to us and bless us,* show us the light of his countenance and come to us. |
| Psalm 67:1 |
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The Greeting |
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| Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God,* and your glory over all the earth. |
| Psalm 57:6 |
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The Hymn |
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| Comfort, comfort you my people, speak you peace, so says our God; Comfort those who sit in darkness mourning beneath their sorrow’s load. Speak you to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them; Tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over. Hark, the voice of one that cries out in the desert far and near, Calling us to new repentance since the kingdom now is here. Oh, the warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way; Let the valleys rise to meet him and the hills bow down to greet him. Make you straight what long was crooked, make the rougher places plain; Let your hearts be true and humble, as befits his holy reign. For the glory of the Lord now over earth is shed abroad; And the flesh will see the token that his word is never broken. |
| Johann Olearius |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,* which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever. |
| Psalm 125:1 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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The Words of the LORD Are Pure Words |
| “Because the needy are oppressed, and the poor cry out in misery,* I will rise up,” says the LORD, “and give them the help they long for.” The words of the LORD are pure words,* like silver refined from ore and purified seven times in the fire. O LORD, watch over us* and save us from this generation for ever. The wicked prowl on every side,* and that which is worthless is highly prized by everyone. |
| Psalm 12:5-8 |
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The Refrain |
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| Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,* which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever. |
| Psalm 125:1 |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| Even so, come, Lord Jesus! |
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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, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him 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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| Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in peace. Amen. |
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