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Thursday, December 4 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m |
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First Week of Advent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Come now and see the works of God,* how wonderful he is in his doing toward all people. In his might he rules for ever; his eyes keep watch over the nations;* let no rebel rise up against him. |
| Psalm 66:4, 6 |
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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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| 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. |
| Traditional Doxology |
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The Hymn |
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| Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; Ponder nothing earthly minded, for with blessing in his hand Christ our God to earth descended, our full homage to demand. Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, As the light of light descending from the realm of endless day, That the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. At his feet the six-winged seraph; cherubim with sleepless eye, Veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry, “Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Lord Most High!” |
| Liturgy of St. James |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| Our sins are stronger than we are,* but you will blot them out. |
| Psalm 65:3 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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Be Seated on Your Lofty Throne, O Most High |
| Awake, O my God, decree justice;* let the assembly of the peoples gather round you. Be seated on your lofty throne, O Most High;* O LORD, judge the nations. Let the malice of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;* for you test the mind and heart, O righteous God. God is my shield and defense;* he is the savior of the true in heart. God is a righteous judge;* God sits in judgment every day. |
| Psalm 7:7-8, 10-12 |
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The Refrain |
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| Our sins are stronger than we are,* but you will blot them out. |
| Psalm 65:3 |
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The Small Verse |
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| The Lord is my shepherd and nothing is wanting to me. In green pastures He hath settled me. |
| 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 God, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him 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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| Help each one of us, gracious Father, to live in such magnanimity and restraint that the Head of the Church may never have cause to say to any one of us, This is my body, broken by you. |
| Prayer from China |
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