The Vespers Office

May these words of mine please him;* I will rejoice in the LORD.

Remember not our past sins;* let your compassion be swift to meet us . . . Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your Name;* deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your Name's sake.

You are to be praised, O God, in Zion . . . To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,* because of their transgressions.

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most— I sacrifice them to his blood. See from his head, his hands, his feet Sorrow and love flow mingled down. Did ever such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small. Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions;* remember me according to your love and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.

O LORD, I am not proud;* I have no haughty looks. I do not occupy myself with great matters,* or with things that are too hard for me. But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother's breast,* my soul is quieted within me.

Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions;* remember me according to your love and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.

In the evening, in the morning, and at noonday, I will complain and lament,* and he will hear my voice.

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.

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your servant who calls upon you, and grant that I may know and understand what things I ought to do, and that I also may have the grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in your Son's Name: I beseech you mercifully to incline your ear to me who have made my prayers and supplications to you; and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to your will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of my necessity, and to setting forth of your glory; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace. Amen. Christ my Lord. Amen. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace. Amen.