DINNER (Vespers)

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Grace

Dear God,
thank you for all that is good,
for our creation and for our humanity,
for the gifts of life and of one another,
for your love which is unbounded and eternal.
for the food before us,
the family and friends beside us
and the love between us.
Amen.

Psalm 98

  1. O sing to the Lord a new song,
    for he has done marvellous things.
    His right hand and his holy arm
    have gained him victory.
  2. The Lord has made known his victory;
    he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
  3. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
    All the ends of the earth have seen
    the victory of our God.
  4. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
  5. Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the sound of melody.
  6. With trumpets and the sound of the horn
    make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
  7. Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
    the world and those who live in it.
  8. Let the floods clap their hands;
    let the hills sing together for joy
  9. at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
    to judge the earth.
    He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.

Collect

Eternal Spirit, living God,
in whom we live and move and have our being,
all that we are, have been, and shall be is known to you,
to the very secret of our hearts
and all that rises to trouble us.
Living flame burn into us,
cleansing wind, blow through us,
fountain of water, well up within us,
that we may love and praise in deed and in truth.
Amen.

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