He doesn't yet know why the Lord is calling him, but he knows how to answer, for Eli has told him exactly what to say: "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth".
Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.
In the story, Samuel was told to answer "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth".
He tries to imagine it: "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth".
"Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth".
Unless it is included in the penitential rite, the Kyrie is then spoken ("Lord, have mercy…") followed (except during Christmas and Lent) by the Gloria, an ancient hymn of praise ("Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth…").
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Waugh - who scored 10,927 Test runs for Australia - was speaking at Lord's in his capacity as a member of the MCC's World Cricket Committee.
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