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Friday, January 2 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m. |
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The Eve of Holy Name |
The Call to Prayer |
| I will call upon the LORD,* and so shall I be saved from my enemies. |
| Psalm 18:3 |
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The Request for Presence |
| I have said to the LORD, “You are my God;* Listen, O LORD, to my supplication.” |
| Psalm 140:6 |
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The Greeting |
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| But you, O Lord my GOD, oh, deal with me according to your Name;* for your tender mercy’s sake, deliver me. For I am poor and needy,* and my heart is wounded within me. |
| Psalm 109:20–21 |
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The Hymn |
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| The people who in darkness walked have seen a glorious light; On them broke forth the heavenly dawn who dwelt in death and night. To hail your rising, Sun of life, the gathering nations come, Joyous as when the reapers bear their harvest treasures home. To us the promised Child is born, to us the Son is given; Him shall the tribes of earth obey, and all the hosts of heaven. His name shall be the Prince of Peace for evermore adored, The Wonderful, the Counsellor. The mighty God and Lord. His power increasing still shall spread, his reign no end shall know; Justice shall guard his throne above, and peace abound below. |
| John Morison |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| . . . For the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer. |
| Psalm 6:8–9 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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Our God Will Not Keep Silence |
| The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken;* he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, perfect in its beauty,* God reveals himself in glory. Our God will come and will not keep silence;* before him there is a consuming flame, and round about him a raging storm. He calls the heavens and the earth from above* to witness the judgment of his people. “Gather before me my loyal followers,* those who have made a covenant with me and sealed it with sacrifice.” Let the heavens declare the rightness of his cause;* for God himself is judge. |
| Psalm 50:1–6 |
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The Refrain |
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| . . . For the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| Be, Lord, my helper and forsake me not. Do not despise me, O God, my savior. |
| 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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| Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born 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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Concluding Prayers of the Church |
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| Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, I pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.† Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in your Son’s Name: I beseech you mercifully to incline your ear to me who have made my prayers and supplications to you; and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to your will, I may effectually obtain, to the relief of my necessity, and to the setting forth of your glory; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.† May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace. Amen. |
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