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Friday, March 13 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Thursday, Third Week of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| O tarry and await the LORD’s pleasure; be strong, and he shall comfort your heart;* wait patiently for the LORD. |
| Psalm 27:18 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Open my eyes, that I may see* the wonders of your law. |
| Psalm 119:18 |
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The Greeting |
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| Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived as a stranger. I remember your Name in the night, O LORD,* and dwell upon your law. This is how it has been with me,* because I have kept your commandments. |
| Psalm 119:54–56 |
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The Hymn |
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Jubilate! Amen! |
| Now on land and sea descending, Brings the night its peace profound; Let our vesper hymn be blending With holy calm around. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Let our vesper hymn be blending With holy calm around. Soon as dies the sunset glory, Stars of heaven shine out above, Telling still the ancient story, Their Creator’s changeless love. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Telling still the ancient story, Their Creator’s changeless love. Now, our wants and burdens leaving To God’s care who cares for all, Cease we fearing, cease we grieving; Touched by God our burdens fall. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Cease we fearing, cease we grieving; Touched by God our burdens fall. As the darkness deepens o’er us, Lo! Eternal stars arise; Hope and faith and love rise glorious, Shining in the Spirit’s skies. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Hope and faith and love rise glorious, Shining in the Spirit’s skies. |
| Samuel Longfellow |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. |
| Revelation 1:8 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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The LORD Is My Shepherd |
| The LORD is my shepherd;* I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures* and leads me beside still waters. He revives my soul* and guides me along right pathways for his Name’s sake. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil;* for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me;* you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is running over. Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,* and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. |
| Psalm 23 |
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The Refrain |
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| ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. |
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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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| 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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| Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you.” Regard not my sins, but my faith, and give to me a place in the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and forever. Amen. † |
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