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Sunday, March 15 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Saturday, Third Week of Lent |
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 |
| Let my cry come before you, O LORD;* give me understanding, according to your word. Let my supplication come before you;* deliver me, according to your promise. |
| Psalm 119:169–170 |
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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. Amen. |
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The Hymn |
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A Story to Tell the Nations |
| We’ve a story to tell to the nations, That shall turn their hearts to right, Astory of truth and mercy, Astory of peace and light. For the darkness shall turn to dawning, And the dawning to noonday bright; And Christ’s great kingdom shall come to earth, The kingdom of love and light. We’ve a song to be sung to the nations, That shall lift their hearts to the Lord, Asong that shall conquer evil And shatter spear and sword. For the darkness shall turn to dawning, And the dawning to noonday bright; And Christ’s great kingdom shall come to earth, The kingdom of love and light. We’ve a Savior to show the nations, Who the path of sorrow has trod, That all of the world’s peoples Might come to the truth of God. For the darkness shall turn to dawning, And the dawning to noonday bright; And Christ’s great kingdom shall come to earth, The kingdom of love and light. |
| H. Ernest Nichol |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Turn again to your rest, O my soul,* for the LORD has treated you well. |
| Psalm 116:6 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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You Will Arise and Have Compassion on Zion |
| You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her;* indeed, the appointed time has come. For your servants love her very rubble,* and are moved to pity even for her dust. The nations shall fear your Name, O LORD,* and all the kings of the earth your glory. For the LORD will build up Zion,* and his glory will appear. He will look with favor on the prayer of the homeless;* he will not despise their plea. |
| Psalm 102:13–17 |
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The Refrain |
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| Turn again to your rest, O my soul,* for the LORD has treated you well. |
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The Small Verse |
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| Keep me, Lord, as the apple of your eye and carry me under the shadow of your wings. |
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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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| Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that I, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of public worship, and grant as well that my Sabbath upon the earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. † |
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