Wednesday at Vespers – O God, whose hand hath spread the sky And all its shining hosts on high, And painting it with fiery light Made it […]
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First Vespers of Sunday (Vespers on Saturday)
Saturday at Vespers – (doesn’t really exist) – First Vespers of Sunday – Based on the Jewish reckoning of time, evening belongs to the next day; Saturday […]
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Lauds on Sunday
Sunday at Lauds – Maker of all, eternal King, Who day and night about dost bring: Who weary mortals to relieve Dost in their turn the seasons […]
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Eastertide at the Daily Office
Office Hymn at the Daily Office – All praise to you, O risen Lord, from death to endless life restored; all praise to God the Father be […]
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Lauds in Eastertide
Eastertide at Lauds – 1. Light’s glitt’ring morn bedecks the sky, Heaven thunders forth its victor cry, The glad earth shouts its triumph high, And groaning hell […]
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Vespers in Holy Week
Holy Week at Vespers – 5. Blest tree, whose chosen branches bore The wealth that did the world restore, The price of human kind to pay And […]
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Lauds in Holy Week
Holy Week at Lauds – 1. Sing my tongue, the glorious battle; sing the ending of the fray. Now above the cross, the trophy, sound the loud […]
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Vespers in Holy Week
Vespers in Holy Week, from Palm Sunday – 1. The royal banners forward go; The cross shines forth in mystic glow Where he, by whom our flesh […]
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Vespers in Lent
Lent at Vespers, until Palm Sunday – Grant, O thou blessed Trinity; grant, O unchanging Unity; that this our fast of forty days may work our profit […]
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Vespers in Lent
Lent at Vespers, until Palm Sunday – Spare us, O Lord, who now confess our sins and all our wickedness, and, for the glory of thy Name, […]
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