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Wednesday, February 4 |
| 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 Israel rejoice in his Maker;* let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his Name in the dance;* let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp. For the LORD takes pleasure in his people* and adorns the poor with victory. Let the faithful rejoice in triumph;* let them be joyful on their beds. |
| Psalm 149:2–5 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Show us your mercy, O LORD,* and grant us your salvation. |
| Psalm 85:7 |
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The Greeting |
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| Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice,* because of your judgments, O LORD. |
| Psalm 97:8 |
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The Hymn |
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Mary, Mother Meek and Mild |
| Virgin born, we bow before you: Blessed was the womb that bore you— Mary, Mother meek and mild— Blessed was she in her Child. Blessed was the breast that fed you; Blessed was the hand that led you; Blessed was the parent’s eye That watched about your infancy. Blessed she by all creation, Who brought forth the world’s salvation, And blessed they, for ever blessed, Who love you most and serve you best. Virgin-born, we bow before you; Blessed was the womb that bore you; Mary, Mother meek and mild, Blessed was she in her child. |
| Reginald Heber |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room,* and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
| Psalm 84:9 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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I Will Sing to the LORD |
| O LORD, you are my portion and my cup;* it is you who uphold my lot. My boundaries enclose a pleasant land;* indeed, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the LORD who gives me counsel;* my heart teaches me, night after night. I have set the LORD always before me;* because he is at my right hand I shall not fall. My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices;* my body also shall rest in hope. For you will not abandon me to the grave,* nor let your holy one see the Pit. You will show me the path of life;* in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore. |
| Psalm 16:5–11 |
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The Refrain |
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| For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room,* and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
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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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| Set me free, O God, from the bondage of my sins, and give me the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to me in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. † |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks. All things are of your making, all times and seasons obey your laws, but you chose to create us in your own image, setting us over the whole world in all its wonder. You made us the steward of creation, to praise you day by day for the marvels of your wisdom and power. |
| THE ROMAN MISSAL |
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