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lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 After each Lesson the Reader may say
The Word of the Lord.
Answer Thanks be to God.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light
around me turn to night," darkness is not dark to you, O
Silence may be kept after each Reading. One of the following Canticles,
Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light or one of those on pages 47-52, or 85-95, is sung or said after each
to you are both alike. Psalm 139:10,11 Reading. If three lessons are used, the Lesson from the Gospel is read
after the second Canticle.
Benedictus es (2. or 13.)
The Invitatory and Psalter Nunc Dimittis
All stand
Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. Creed
People: O Lord, make haste to help us
Officiant and People
Officiant and People The Prayers
The People stand or kneel
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it
Officiant: The Lord be with you.
was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
People: And also with you.
(Except in Lent, add) Alleluia. Officiant: Let us pray.
Evensong may also literally "en-chant" our land through chant. The
concept of perpetual choirs has been around for millennia, and some
choirs in Britain come close to this ideal by singing Evensong each day
of the week, throughout the year, every year. Thinking another
way, the global choral evensong tradition may function as one large
perpetual choir, "enchanting" the world.