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Saturday, April 11 |
| 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 |
| Behold now, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,* you that stand by night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the LORD;* the LORD who made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion. |
| Psalm 134 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Look upon me and answer me, O LORD my God;* give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death; |
| Psalm 13:3 |
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The Greeting |
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| O LORD, I am not proud;* I have no haughty looks. I do not occupy myself with great matters,* or with things that are too hard for me. But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast;* my soul is quieted within me. |
| Psalm 131:1–3 |
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The Hymn |
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How Firm a Foundation |
| How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he has said, To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? “Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed, For I am your God and will still give you aid; I’ll strengthen and help you, and cause you to stand Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. “When through fiery trials your pathways shall lie, My grace, all sufficient, shall be your supply; The flame shall not hurt you; I only design Your dross to consume, and your gold to refine. “The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose, I will not, I will not desert it to foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to take, I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.” |
| Rippon’s SELECTION OF HYMNS, 1787 |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Those who are planted in the house of the LORD* shall flourish in the courts of our God. |
| Psalm 92:12 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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Let Me Announce the Desire of the LORD |
| Why are the nations in an uproar?* Why do the peoples mutter empty threats? Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt, and the princes plot together,* against the LORD and against his Anointed? “Let us break their yoke,” they say;* “let us cast off their bonds from us.” He whose throne is in heaven is laughing;* the Lord has them in derision. Then he speaks to them in his wrath,* and his rage fills them with terror. “I myself have set my king* upon my holy hill of Zion.” Let me announce the decree of the LORD:* he said to me, “You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance* and the ends of the earth for your possession. You shall crush them with an iron rod* and shatter them like a piece of pottery.” And now, you kings, be wise;* be warned, you rulers of the earth. Submit to the LORD with fear,* and with trembling bow before him; Lest he be angry and you perish;* for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are they all* who take refuge in him! |
| Psalm 2 |
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The Refrain |
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| Those who are planted in the house of the LORD* shall flourish in the courts of our God. |
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The Small Verse |
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| The Lord is my shepherd and nothing is wanting to me. In green pastures He has settled me. |
| 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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| O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of my faith, that I may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. † |
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Concluding Prayers of the Church |
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| 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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