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Tuesday, April 14 |
| 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 |
| Be joyful in God, all you lands;* sing the glory of his Name; sing the glory of his praise. Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! . . . All the earth bows down before you,* sings to you, sings out your Name.” |
| Psalm 66:1–3 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Let your loving-kindness, O LORD, be upon us,* as we have put our trust in you. |
| Psalm 33:22 |
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The Greeting |
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| Blessed is the LORD!* for he has heard the voice of my prayer. |
| Psalm 28:7 |
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The Hymn |
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Rise Up |
| Rise up, you saints of God! Have done with lesser things. Give heart and mind and soul and strength to serve the King of kings. Rise up, you saints of God! The kingdom tarries long. Bring in the day of brotherhood and end the night of wrong. Rise up, you saints of God! The church for you does wait, Her strength unequal to her task, rise up, and make her great! Lift high the cross of Christ! Tread where His feet have trod. As brothers of the Son of Man, rise up, you saints of God! |
| William Merrill |
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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. For you have rescued my life from death,* my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. |
| Psalm 116:6–7 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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I Will Declare Your Saving Deeds to a People Yet Unborn |
| Praise the LORD, you that fear him;* stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob’s line, give glory. For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither does he hide his face from them;* but when they cry to him he hears them. My praise is of him in the great assembly;* I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him. The poor shall eat and be satisfied,* and those who seek the LORD shall praise him: “May your heart live for ever!” All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD,* and all the families of the nations shall bow before him. For kingship belongs to the LORD;* he rules over the nations. To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship;* all who go down to the dust fall before him. My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall serve him;* they shall be known as the LORD’s for ever. They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn* the saving deeds that he has done. |
| Psalm 22:22–30 |
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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. For you have rescued my life from death,* my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto you. Thanks be to God. |
| 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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| Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn in this fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our 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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| Almighty God, you have surrounded me with a great cloud of witnesses: Grant that I too may persevere in running the race that is set before me, until at last I may with him attain to your eternal joy; through Jesus Christ, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. † |
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