Evening Prayer: Friday 13 March 2026

Friday 13 March 2026

This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.

Friday after Third Sunday of Lent
Lent

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: Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
Psalm 25.3

Opening (from Psalm 25)

1. You are the God of my salvation;*
in you have I trusted all the day long.
2. Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love,*
for they are from everlasting.
3. Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions;*
remember me according to your love.
4. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,*
for my hope has been in you.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 37.1-17
1. Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; * do not be jealous of those who do wrong.
2. For they shall soon wither like the grass, * and like the green grass fade away.
 3. Put your trust in the Lord and do good; * dwell in the land and feed on its riches.
4. Take delight in the Lord, *
who shall give you your heart’s desire.
5. Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in the Holy One *
who will bring it to pass.
6. God will make your righteousness as clear as the light * and your just dealing as the noonday.
7. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for God. * Do not fret yourself over the one who prospers, the one who succeeds in evil schemes.
8. Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; * do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.
9. For evildoers shall be cut off, *
but those who wait upon the Lord shall possess the land.
10. In a little while the wicked shall be no more; *
you shall search out their place, but they will not be there.
11. But the lowly shall possess the land; * they will delight in abundance of peace.
12. The wicked plot against the righteous * and gnash at them with their teeth. 
13. The Lord laughs at the wicked, *
because God sees that their day will come.
14. The wicked draw their sword and bend their bow to strike down the poor and needy, *
to slaughter those who are upright in their ways.
15. Their sword shall go through their own heart, * and their bow shall be broken.
16. The little that the righteous have *
is better than great riches of the wicked.
17. For the power of the wicked shall be broken, * but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Glory …

Conclusion


1 John 1

1. This is the message we have heard from Christ and proclaim
to you:*
that God is light, in whom there is no darkness at all.
2. If we say that we have fellowship with God while we walk in darkness,*
we lie and do not do what is true.
3. But if we walk in the light as God is in the light,*
we have fellowship with one another.
4. For the blood of Jesus, the Son of God,*
cleanses us from all our sins.
5. If we say that we have no sin,*
we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
6. If we confess our sins,*
the One who is faithful and just will forgive us and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.

Glory …

Antiphon: Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths.

READING(S)

Mark 6.47-56

When evening came, the boat was out on the lake, and he was alone on the land. When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the lake. He intended to pass them by. But when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought it was a ghost and cried out; for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.’ Then he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

Silence

Response Psalm 86.15

You, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion.
You, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion.
Slow to anger, full of kindness and truth.
Full of compassion.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
You, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: Lord, you are indeed the Saviour of the world. Give us living water, that we may not thirst.

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: Lord, you are indeed the Saviour of the world. Give us living water, that we may not thirst.

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

Merciful Father,
we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves:
when we are discouraged by our weakness,
give us strength to follow Christ,
our pattern and our hope;
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.