Evening Prayer: Friday 11 July 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Benedict of Nursia, Abbot, c 550
Week A
O God make speed to save us;
O Lord make haste to help us.
Glory to God, Source of all Being, Eternal Word, and Holy Spirit;*
as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.
Amen.
PSALMODY
Antiphon: O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness!* you are clothed with majesty and splendour.
(Psalm 104.1)
Opening (from Psalm 104.1)
and the sun knows the time of its setting.
2. You make darkness that it may be night,*
in which all the beasts of the forest prowl.
3. May your glory, O Lord, endure for ever;*
may you rejoice in all his works.
4. May these words of mine please you;*
I will rejoice in the Lord.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
and whose sin is put away!
2. Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, *
and in whose spirit there is no guile!
3. While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, *
because of my groaning all day long.
4. For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; *
my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.
5. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and did not conceal my guilt. *
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.
6. Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; *
when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.
7. You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble;*
you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
8. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; *
I will guide you with my eye.
9. Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding; *
who must be fitted with bit and bridle, or else they will not stay near you.”
10. Great are the tribulations of the wicked; *
but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.
11. Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; *
shout for joy, all who are true of heart.
Glory …
Psalm 36
there is no fear of God in their eyes.
2. They flatter themselves in their own eyes *
that their hateful sin will not be found out.
3. The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; *
they have left off acting wisely and doing good.
4. They think up wickedness upon their beds and have set themselves in no good way; *
they do not abhor that which is evil.
5. Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, *
and your faithfulness to the clouds.
6. Your righteousness is like the strong mountains, your justice like the great deep; *
you save both mortals and beasts, O Lord.
7. How priceless is your love, O God! *
Your people take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
8. They feast upon the abundance of your house; *
you give them drink from the river of your delights.
9. For with you is the well of life, *
and in your light we see light.
10. Continue your loving-kindness to those who know you,*
and your favour to those who are true of heart.
11. Let not the foot of the proud come near me, *
nor the hand of the wicked push me aside.
12. See how they are fallen, those who work wickedness!*
They are cast down and shall not be able to rise.
Conclusion
from 1 John 4
1. Beloved let us love one another,*
for love is of God;
2. And those who love are born of God*
and know God.
3. Those who do not love do not know God,*
for God is love.
4. In this the love of God was made manifest among us,*
that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
5 In this is love: not that we loved God,*
but that God loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.
6. Beloved, if God so loved us,*
we also ought to love one another.
Glory …
Antiphon: O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness!* you are clothed with majesty and splendour.
READING(S)
Mark 1.1-13
Silence
Response Psalm. 119.105
Your word is a lantern to my feet.
Your word is a lantern to my feet.
A light upon my path.
A lantern to my feet.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Your word is a lantern to my feet.
SONG OF MARY
Song of Mary Antiphon: Come, let us return to the Lord: * for our God will richly pardon.
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)
Song of Mary Antiphon: Come, let us return to the Lord: * for our God will richly pardon.
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 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
O Lord, let the world be ordered in peace,
according to your will:
that your people may be free to worship you with joy;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end.
Amen
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.
