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Thursday, April 30 |
| 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 |
| Come, let us sing to the LORD;* let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. |
| Psalm 95:1 |
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The Request for Presence |
| May the glory of the LORD endure for ever,* may the LORD rejoice in all his works. |
| Psalm 104:32 |
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The Greeting |
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| How great is your goodness, O LORD! which you have laid up for those who fear you;* which you have done in the sight of all for those who put their trust in you. |
| Psalm 31:19 |
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The Hymn |
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Lift Your Voice Rejoicing |
| Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary, Christ has risen from the tomb; On the cross a suffering victim, Now as victor he is come. Whom your tears in death were mourning, Welcome with your smiles returning. Let your alleluias rise! Raise your weary eyelids, Mary, See him living evermore; See his countenance, how gracious, See the wounds for you he bore. All the glory of the morning Pales before those wounds redeeming. Let your alleluias rise! Life is yours for ever, Mary, For your light is come once more And the strength of death is broken; Now your songs of joy outpour. Ended now the night of sorrow, Love has brought the blessed morrow. Let your alleluias rise! |
| Latin, Unknown |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| I am small and of little account,* yet I do not forget your commandments. |
| Psalm 119:141 |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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He Shall Cover Me with His Pinions |
| He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,* abides under the shadow of the Almighty. He shall say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my stronghold,* my God in whom I put my trust.” He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter* and from the deadly pestilence. He shall cover you with his pinions, and you shall find refuge under his wings;* his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of any terror by night,* nor of the arrow that flies by day; Of the plague that stalks in the darkness,* nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid-day. Athousand shall fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand,* but it shall not come near you. |
| Psalm 91:1–7 |
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The Refrain |
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| I am small and of little account,* yet I do not forget your commandments. |
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The Small Verse |
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| Those who sowed with tears* will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed,* will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves. |
| Psalm 126:6–7 |
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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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| I thank you, heavenly Father, that you have delivered me from the dominion of sin and death and brought me into the kingdom of your Son; and I pray that, as by his death he has recalled me to life, so by his love he may raise me to eternal joys; 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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| Almighty God, to whom our needs are known before we even ask, Help me to ask only what accords with your will; and those good things which I dare not, or in my blindness I cannot ask, grant for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. † |
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