Monday of Holy Week
Evening Prayer – The Suffering Christ
O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;*
as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.
Amen.
PSALMODY
Antiphon: Lord, hear my prayer;*
answer me in your righteousness. (Ps. 143.1)
Opening (from Psalm 143)
1 I spread out my hands to you;*
my soul gasps to you like a thirsty land.
2 O Lord, make haste to answer me; my spirit fails me;*
do not hide your face from me
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
3 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord,*
for I flee to you for refuge.
4 Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God;*
let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Glory to the Father…
or a suitable hymn
Psalm 140
1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers;*
protect me from the violent,
2 Who devise evil in their hearts*
and stir up strife all day long.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;*
adder’s poison is under their lips.
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;*
protect me from the violent,
who are determined to trip me up.
5 The proud have hidden a snare for me
and stretched out a net of cords;*
they have set traps for me along the path.
6 I have said to the Lord, ‘You are my God;*
listen, O Lord, to my supplication.
7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation,*
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O Lord,*
nor let their evil plans prosper.
9 Let not those who surround me lift up their heads;*
let the evil of their lips overwhelm them.
10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them;*
let them be cast into the mire, never to rise up again.’
11 A slanderer shall not be established on the earth,*
and evil shall hunt down the lawless.
12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor*
and render justice to the needy.
13 Surely, the righteous will give thanks to your name,*
and the upright shall continue in your sight.
Save us, Lord, from all terror and oppression; strengthen us to maintain the cause of the poor, that justice may roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Psalm 141
1 O Lord, I call to you; come to me quickly;*
hear my voice when I cry to you.
2 Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense,*
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord,
and guard the door of my lips;*
let not my heart incline to any evil thing.
4 Let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers,*
nor eat of their choice foods.
5 Let the righteous smite me in friendly rebuke;
let not the oil of the unrighteous anoint my head;*
for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6 Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places,*
that they may know my words are true.
7 As when a plowman turns over the earth in furrows,*
let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave.
8 But my eyes are turned to you, Lord God;*
in you I take refuge;
do not strip me of my life.
9 Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me*
and from the traps of the evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,*
while I myself escape.
God our protector and guide, incline our hearts to turn from evil and do good, that our lives may be a prayer for the coming of your kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Conclusion (from 1 Peter 2)
1 Christ our Lord suffered for us, leaving us an example,*
that we should follow in his steps.
2 He committed no sin, no guile was found on his lips;*
when he was reviled he did not revile in return.
3 then he suffered he did not threaten,*
but trusted in God who judges justly.
4 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,*
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
5 By his wounds we have been healed;*
for we were straying like sheep,
6 But now we have returned*
to the shepherd and guardian of our souls.
Glory to the Father…
Antiphon: Lord, hear my prayer; answer me in your righteousness.
READING(S)
Mark 11:12-25
On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. He said to it, ‘May no one ever eat fruit from you again.’ And his disciples heard it.
Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves; and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. He was teaching and saying, ‘Is it not written,
“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”?
But you have made it a den of robbers.’
And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching. And when evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. Then Peter remembered and said to him, ‘Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.’ Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, “Be taken up and thrown into the sea”, and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
‘Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.’
Silence
Response (Ps. 140.6)
I have said to the Lord, You are my God.
I have said to the Lord, You are my God.
Listen, O Lord, to my supplication.
You are my God.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
I have said to the Lord, You are my God.
MAGNIFICAT
Magnificat Antiphons: Deliver me O Lord from evil,* preserve me from the wicked.
1 My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,*
my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
2 for he has looked with favour on his lowly servant;*
from this day all generations will call me blessed.
3 The Almighty has done great things for me*
and holy is his name.
4 He has mercy on those who fear him*
in every generation.
5 He has shown the strength of his arm;*
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
6 He has cast down the mighty from their thrones*
and has lifted up the lowly.
7 He has filled the hungry with good things,*
and the rich he has sent away empty.
8 He has come to the help of his servant Israel,*
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
9 the promise he made to our forebears,*
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory to the Father… (may be said by all)
PRAYERS
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Do not bring us to to the time of trial,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever.
Amen.
Collect of the Day (may be omitted when the Eucharist follows)
Almighty God, whose Son was crucified yet entered into glory, may we, walking in the way of the cross, find it to be for us the way of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever..
Lord God almighty, come and dispel the darkness from our hearts, that in the radiance of your brightness we may know you, the only unfading light, glorious in all eternity.
Amen.
Let us bless the Lord:
Thanks be to God!
The God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing:
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
