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Thursday, March 19 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Wednesday, Fourth Week of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;* his mercy endures for ever. |
| Psalm 118:29 |
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The Request for Presence |
| As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,* and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So my eyes look to you, O Lord my God. |
| adapted from Psalm 123:2–3 |
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The Greeting |
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| You have turned my wailing into dancing;* you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy. My heart sings to you without ceasing;* O LORD my God, I will give you thanks for ever. |
| Psalm 30:12–13 |
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The Hymn |
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O Love, How Deep |
| O love, how deep, how broad, how high, It fills the heart with ecstasy, That God, the Son of God, should take Our mortal form for mortals’ sake! For us baptized, for us he bore His holy fast and hungered sore, For us temptation sharp he knew; For us the tempter overthrew. For us he prayed; for us he taught; For us his daily works he wrought; By words and signs and actions thus Still seeking not himself, but us. For us to evil power betrayed, Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed, He bore the shameful cross and death, For us gave up his dying breath. For us he rose from death again, For us he went on high to reign; For us he sent his Spirit here, To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer. All glory to our Lord and God For love so deep, so high, so broad; The Trinity whom we adore, For ever and for evermore. |
| Latin, 15th C. |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| But you, O LORD, are gracious and full of compassion,* slow to anger, and full of kindness and truth. |
| Psalm 86:15 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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I Tell of Your Wonderful Works |
| But I shall always wait in patience,* and shall praise you more and more. My mouth shall recount your mighty acts and saving deeds all day long;* though I cannot know the number of them. I will begin with the mighty works of the Lord GOD;* I will recall your righteousness, yours alone. O God, you have taught me since I was young,* and to this day I tell of your wonderful works. |
| Psalm 71:14–17 |
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The Refrain |
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| But you, O LORD, are gracious and full of compassion,* slow to anger, and full of kindness and truth. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| In the evening, in the morning, and at noonday, I will complain and lament,* and he will hear my voice. |
| Psalm 55:18 |
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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, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant that I, beholding by faith the light of his counte- nance, may be strengthened to bear my cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; 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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| I thank you, my God, for your care and protection this day, keeping me from physical harm and spiritual ignorance. I now place the work of the day into Your hands, trusting that You will redeem my mistakes, and transform my accomplishments into works of praise. And now I ask that You will work within me while I sleep, using the hours of my rest to create in me a new mind and heart and soul. May my mind, which during the day was directed to my work and activities, through the night be directed wholly to You. |
| Jacob Boehme |
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