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Wednesday, April 15 |
| 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 |
| Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, you heavenly hosts; praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. |
| Doxology |
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The Request for Presence |
| Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good* and to those who are true of heart. |
| Psalm 125:4 |
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The Greeting |
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| Out of the mouths of infants and children* your majesty is praised above the heavens. |
| Psalm 8:2 |
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The Hymn |
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The Spacious Firmament |
| The spacious firmament on high, with all the blue ethereal sky, and spangled heavens, a shining frame, their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day does his Creator’s power display; and publishes to every land the work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, the moon takes up the wondrous tale, and nightly to the listening earth repeats the story of her birth: while all the stars that round her burn, and all the planets in their turn, confirm the tidings, as they roll and spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice or sound amid the radiant orbs be found? In reason’s ear they all rejoice, and utter forth a glorious voice; forever singing as they shine, “The hand that made us is divine.” |
| Joseph Addison |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| We have heard with our ears, O God, our forefathers have told us,* the deeds you did in their days, in the days of old. |
| Psalm 44:1 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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God Is My King from Ancient Times |
| Yet God is my King from ancient times,* victorious in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by your might* and shattered the heads of the dragons upon the waters; You crushed the heads of Leviathan* and gave him to the people of the desert for food. You split open spring and torrent;* you dried up ever-flowing rivers. Yours is the day, yours also the night;* you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth;* you made both summer and winter. |
| Psalm 74:11–16 |
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The Refrain |
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| We have heard with our ears, O God, our forefathers have told us,* the deeds you did in their days, in the days of old. |
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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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| 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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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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