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Thursday, February 12 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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The Call to Prayer |
| Let us give thanks to the LORD for his mercy* and the wonders he does for his children. |
| Psalm 107:8 |
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The Request for Presence |
| You are good and you bring forth good;* instruct me in your statutes. |
| Psalm 119:68 |
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The Greeting |
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| You are the LORD, most high over all the earth;* you are exalted far above all gods. |
| Psalm 97:9 |
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The Hymn |
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| Creator Spirit, by whose aid The world’s foundations first were laid, Come, visit every humble mind; Come, pour your joys on human-kind; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make your temples fit for thee. O Source of uncreated light, The Father’s promised Paraclete, Thrice holy Fount, Thrice holy Fire, Our hearts and heavenly love inspire; Come and your sacred unction bring To sanctify us while we sing. Plenteous of grace, come from on high, Rich in your seven-fold energy; Make us eternal truth receive, And practice all that we believe; Give us yourself, that we may see The Father and the Son by thee. |
| John Dryden |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken;* he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
| Psalm 50:1 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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O Mighty LORD, Your Faithfulness Is All Around You |
| Who is like you, LORD God of hosts?* O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you. You rule the raging of the sea* and still the surging of its waves. You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound;* you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours;* you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it. You have made the north and the south;* Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name. You have a mighty arm;* strong is your hand and high is your right hand. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne;* love and truth go before your face. |
| Psalm 89:8–14 |
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The Refrain |
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| The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken;* he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
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The Gloria |
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| Glory be to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it is now and so it shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia. Amen. |
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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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| O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept my prayers; and because in my weakness I can do nothing good without you, give me the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments I may please you in both will and deed; through Jesus Christ my Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. † |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| God our Father in Heaven have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God have mercy on us. |
| Traditional |
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