Week 2 Sunday 1 Vigil Lucernarium

Hail, gladdening Light, / of His pure glory poured
Who is th'immortal Father, / heavenly, blessed
Holiest of Holies - / Jesus Christ our Lord!
Now as we come / to the sun's hour of rest
The lights of the evening / round us shine
We hymn the Father, / Son and Holy Spirit divine!
Worthiest art thou / at all times to be sung
With undefiled tongue / Son of our God, giver of life, alone:
Therefore in all the world / thy glories, Lord, they own.
Amen.

O LORD, I have called to you, come to me quickly! / Listen to my voice when I call to you.
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; / the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. / Keep the door of my lips.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. / As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

My soul magnifies the Lord. / My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
For he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. / For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
For he who is mighty has done great things for me. / Holy is his name.
His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him. / He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. / He has put down princes from their thrones and has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things. / He has sent the rich away empty.
He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, / As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.
Amen.

Psalm 87

His foundation is in the holy mountains. / The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken about you, / city of God. Selah.
I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. / Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”
Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; / the Most High himself will establish her.
The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, / “This one was born there.” Selah.
Those who sing as well as those who dance say, / “All my springs are in you.”

Psalm 66

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! / Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!
Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! / Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; / they will sing to your name.” Selah.
Come, and see God’s deeds— / awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
He turned the sea into dry land. / They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. / Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.
Praise our God, you peoples! / Make the sound of his praise heard,
who preserves our life among the living, / and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
For you, God, have tested us. / You have refined us, as silver is refined.
You brought us into prison. / You laid a burden on our backs.
You allowed men to ride over our heads. / We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. / I will pay my vows to you,
which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, / when I was in distress.
I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, / with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.
Come, and hear, all you who fear God. / I will declare what he has done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth. / He was extolled with my tongue.
If I cherished sin in my heart, / the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
But most certainly, God has listened. / He has heard the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, / nor his loving kindness from me.

Psalm 60

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. / You have been angry. Restore us, again.
You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. / Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
You have shown your people hard things. / You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
You have given a banner to those who fear you, / that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
So that your beloved may be delivered, / save with your right hand, and answer us.
God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. / I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. / Ephraim also is the defence of my head. Judah is my sceptre.
Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. / I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the strong city? / Who has led me to Edom?
Haven’t you, God, rejected us? / You don’t go out with our armies, God.
Give us help against the adversary, / for the help of man is vain.
Through God we shall do valiantly, / for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.  This is the first and great commandment.  The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Lord, have mercy upon us and write both these your laws in our hearts, we beseech you.

Lord, have mercy upon us. / Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us. / Let us pray.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed by thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. 
Amen.

From all evil and mischief, from sin, and from the crafts and assaults of the Devil, / from your wrath and from everlasting condemnation,
Good Lord, deliver us
From all blindness of heart, from pride, vanity, and hypocrisy, / from envy, hatred and malice, and all uncharitableness,
Good Lord, deliver us
From all uncleanness in thought, word and deed, / and from all deceits of the world, the flesh and the Devil
Good Lord, deliver us
By the mystery of your holy Incarnation, by your holy Nativity, / by your Baptism, Fasting and Temptation,
Good Lord, deliver us
By your Agony and bloody Sweat, by your Cross and Passion, / By your precious Death and Burial,
Good Lord, deliver us
By your glorious Resurrection and Ascension, by your sending of the Holy Spirit, / by your heavenly Intercession and by your Coming again in glory,
Good Lord, deliver us
In all times of tribulation, and in all times of prosperity, / in the hour of death and in the day of judgement,
Good Lord, deliver us

May the peace of God which passes all understanding / keep our hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of Christ.
Amen.