Vespers for Pentecost IX

Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, * and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

The following is taken from the monastic breviary and is the traditional office intoned on this Sunday on the ecclesial calendar.

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for…