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Monday, December 29 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m. |
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The Feast of St. John |
The Call to Prayer |
| Let the Name of the LORD be blessed,* from this time forth for evermore. From the rising of the sun to its going down* let the Name of the LORD be praised. |
| Psalm 113:2–3 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Hear my prayer, O God;* do not hide yourself from my petition. Listen to me and answer me . . . |
| Psalm 55:1–2 |
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The Greeting |
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| The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. |
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The Hymn |
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| Come sing, your choirs exultant, those messengers of God, Through whom the living Gospels came sounding all abroad! Whose voice proclaimed salvation that poured upon the night, And drove away the shadows, and filled the world with light. In one harmonious witness the chosen four combine, While each his own commission fulfills in every line; As, in the prophet’s vision from out the amber flame In mystic form and image four living creatures came. Four-square on this foundation the Church of Christ remains, Ahouse to stand unshaken by floods or winds or rains. How blessed this habitation of gospel liberty, Where with a holy people God dwells in Unity. |
| Latin, 12th Century |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?* and why are you so disquieted within me? Put your trust in God;* for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God. |
| Psalm 42:6–7 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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He Is Bound to Me in Love |
| Because you have made the LORD your refuge,* and the Most High your habitation, There shall no evil happen to you,* neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over you,* to keep you in all your ways. They shall bear you in their hands,* lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and adder;* you shall trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet. 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 91:9–16 |
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The Refrain |
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| Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?* and why are you so disquieted within me? Put your trust in God;* for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O God, come to my assistance! O Lord, make haste to help me! |
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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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| Almighty God, whose will it is to be glorified in your saints, and who raised up your servant John to be a light in the world: Shine, we pray, in our hearts, that we also in our generation may show forth your praise, who called us out of darkness into your marvelous light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.† Save me, Lord, while I am awake and keep me while I sleep, that I may wake with Christ and rest in peace. Amen. |
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