Evening Prayer: Friday 21 November 2025

Friday 21 November 2025

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

Columban, Bishop, 615
Week D

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: As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,* so our eyes look to you, O Lord our God.
Psalm 123.2f

Opening (from Psalm 119)

1. Your faithfulness remains from one generation to another;*
you established the earth, and it abides.

2. By your decree these continue to this day,*
for all things are your servants.

3. I will never forget your commandments,*
because by them you give me life.

4. I see that all things come to an end,*
but your commandment has no bounds.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 58

1. Do you indeed decree righteousness, you rulers? *
Do you judge the peoples with equity?

2. No; you devise evil in your hearts, *
and your hands deal out violence in the land.

3. The wicked are perverse from the womb; *
liars go astray from their birth.

4. They are as venomous as a serpent, *
they are like the deaf adder which stops its ears,

5. which does not heed the voice of the charmer, *
no matter how skillful the charming.

6. O God, break their teeth in their mouths; *
pull the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

7. Let them vanish like water that runs off; *
let them wither like trodden grass.

8. Let them be like the snail that melts away, *
like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

9. Before they bear fruit, let them be cut down like a brier; *
like thorns and thistles let them be swept away.

10. The righteous will be glad when they see the vengeance; *
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11. And they will say, “Surely, there is a reward for the righteous; *
surely, there is a God who rules in the earth.”

Glory …

Psalm 60

1. O God, you have cast us off and broken us; *
you have been angry; oh, take us back to you again.

2. You have shaken the earth and split it open; *
repair the cracks in it, for it totters.

3. You have made your people know hardship; *
you have given us wine that makes us stagger.

4. You have set up a banner for those who fear you, *
to be a refuge from the power of the bow.

5. Save us by your mighty hand and answer us, *
that those who are dear to you may be delivered.

6. You spoke from your holy dwelling and said: *
“I will exult and parcel out Shechem; I will divide the valley of Succoth.

7. Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine; *
Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my sceptre.

8. Moab is my wash basin, on Edom I throw down my sandal to claim it, *
and over Philistia will I shout in triumph.”

9. Who will lead me into the strong city? *
Who will bring me into Edom?

10. Have you not cast us off, O God? *
you no longer go out, O God, with our armies.

11. Grant us your help against the enemy, *
for vain is the help of mortals.

12. With you we will do valiant deeds, *
and you shall tread our enemies under foot.

Conclusion

Revelation 5 and 15

1. Great and wonderful are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty;*
just and true are your ways, O King of the ages!

2. Who shall not revere and praise your name, O Lord?*
for you alone are holy.

3. All nations shall come and worship in your presence,*
for your just dealings have been revealed.

4. To God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb*
be praise and honour, glory and might, for ever and ever. Amen.

Glory …

Antiphon: As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,* so our eyes look to you, O Lord our God.

READING(S)

Matthew 18:10-20

‘Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.* What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your* Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost. ‘If another member of the church* sins against you,* go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.* But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax-collector. Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.’

Silence

Response Psalm 119.89

O Lord, your word is everlasting.
O Lord, your word is everlasting.
It stands firm in the heavens.
Your word is everlasting.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Lord, your word is everlasting.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: God has cast down the mighty * and lifted up the lowly.

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: God has cast down the mighty * and lifted up the lowly.

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,
forgive the transgressions of your people:
and by your goodness release us from the snare of sin,
in which, by our frailty, we have been caught;
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.