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Wednesday, March 11 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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Tuesday, Third Week of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness;* let the whole earth tremble before him. |
| Psalm 31:3 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Your word is a lantern to my feet* and a light upon my path. Accept, O LORD, the willing tribute of my lips,* and teach me your judgments. |
| Psalm 119:105ff |
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The Greeting |
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| You, O LORD, are my lamp;* my God, you make my darkness bright. |
| Psalm 18:29 |
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The Hymn |
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| O brightness of the immortal Father’s face, most holy, heavenly, blessed, Lord Jesus Christ, in whom truth and grace are visibly expressed: The sun is sinking now, and one by one the lamps of evening shine; We hymn the Father eternal, and the Son, and Holy Ghost Divine. You are worthy at all times to receive our hallowed praises, Lord. O Son of God, be you, in whom we live, through all the world adored. |
| Greek, 3rd C. |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing;* from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness. |
| Psalm 89:1 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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A Broken and Contrite Heart, O God, You Will Not Despise |
| Open my lips, O Lord,* and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Had you desired it, I would have offered sacrifice,* but you take no delight in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit;* a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
| Psalm 51:16–18 |
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The Refrain |
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| Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing;* from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. |
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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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| Protect me, Lord, as I stay awake; watch over me as I sleep, that awake I may watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace. Amen. |
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