Here is the order of service for tonight. It may be printed, opened in another browser window or on another device, or simply not used. You may instead wish to use your Lutheran Book of Worship, if you have one at home. Evening Prayer can be found on page 142 in the front of your book.
EVENING PRAYER
Vespers
L Jesus
Christ is the Light of the world,
C the light no darkness can overcome.
L Stay with
us, Lord, for it is evening,
C and the day is almost over.
L Let your
light scatter the darkness,
C and illumine your Church.
L Joyous
light of glory:
C of the immortal Father;
heavenly, holy, blessed
Jesus Christ.
We have come to the setting of the
sun,
and we look to the evening
light.
We sing to God, the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit:
You are worthy of being praised
with pure voices
forever.
O Son of God, O Giver of life:
The universe proclaims
your glory.
L Blessed
are you, O Lord our God, king of the universe, who led your people Israel by a
pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night: Enlighten our darkness by
the light of your Christ; may his Word be a lamp to our feet and a light to our
path; for you are merciful, and you love your whole creation, and we, your
creatures, glorify you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
C Amen
The PSALMODY begins with
this song for forgiveness and protection.
C Let my prayer rise before you as
incense;
the lifting up of my
hands as the evening sacrifice.
I O Lord, I call to you; come to me
quickly;
hear my voice when I cry
to you.
II Let my prayer rise before you as
incense;
the lifting up of my
hands as the evening sacrifice.
I Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord,
and guard the door of my
lips.
II Let not my heart incline to any evil
thing;
let me not be occupied
in wickedness with evildoers.
I But my eyes are turned to you, Lord
God;
in you I take refuge.
Strip me not of my life.
II Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit;
I as it was in the
beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
C Let my prayer rise before you as
incense;
the lifting up of my
hands as the evening sacrifice.
Silence for meditation.
L Let the
incense of our repentant prayer ascend before you, O Lord, and let your
lovingkindness descend upon us, that with purified minds we may sing your
praises with the Church on earth and the whole heavenly host, and may glorify
you forever and ever.
C Amen
Hymn Savior of the Nations, Come Lutheran
Book of Worship 28
Savior of the Nations, come,
show the glory of your Son;
Every people stand in awe,
praise the perfect Son of God.
Not of human seed or worth,
but of God’s own mystic breath.
Fruit in Mary’s womb begun
when God breathed the Word, his Son.
Wondrous birth! O wondrous child,
of the Virgin undefiled!
Mighty God and man in one,
Eager now his race to run!
God the Father is his source,
Back to God he runs his course;
Down to death and hell descends,
God’s high throne he reascends.
He leaves heaven to return;
traveling where dull hellfires burn;
Riding out, returning home
As the Savior who has come.
God the Father’s precious Son
Girds himself in flesh to run
For the trophies of our souls,
Longer than this round earth rolls.
Shining stable in the night,
Breathing vict’ry with your light;
Darkness cannot hide your flame,
Shining bright as Jesus’ name.
Readings
Response
L In many
and various ways God spoke to his people of old by the prophets.
C But now in
these last days he has spoken to us by his Son.
The GOSPEL CANTICLE is
sung.
C My soul
proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my
spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he
has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From
this day all generations will call me blessed.
The
Almighty has done great things for me,
and
holy is his name.
He
has mercy on those who fear him
in
every generation.
He has
shown the strength of his arm;
he has
scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has
cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has
lifted up the lowly.
He has
filled the hungry with good things,
and the
rich he has sent away empty.
He has
come to the help of his servant Israel,
for he
has remembered his promise of mercy,
the
promise he made to our fathers,
to
Abraham and his children forever.
Glory to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as
it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen
The Litany is sung, and the people respond, ‘Lord,
have mercy.’
The following prayer is sung:
L For the
faithful who have gone before us and are at rest, let us give thanks to the
Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
L Help,
save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
Silence for meditation.
L Rejoicing
in the fellowship of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, one another, and
our whole life to Christ, our Lord.
C To you, O Lord.
Prayer of the Day for the Annunciation
Prayer for time of pandemic
Prayer for peace
C Our
Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed
be 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, and the power, and the glory,
forever
and ever. Amen
L Let us
bless the Lord.
C Thanks be
to God.
L The
almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and
preserve us.
C Amen
