Evening Prayer: Friday 22 August 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Friday after Pentecost 10
Week C
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: Search me out, O God, and know my heart;* try me and know my restless thoughts.
(Psalm 139.23)
Opening (from Psalm 139)
and are acquainted with all my ways.
2. Indeed there is not a word on my lips,*
but you, O Lord, know it altogether.
3. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will cover me,*
and the light around me turn to night’.
4. Darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day;*
darkness and light to you are both alike.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
let Israel now say;
2. if the Lord had not been on our side, *
when enemies rose up against us;
3. then would they have swallowed us up alive *
in their fierce anger toward us;
4. then would the waters have overwhelmed us *
and the torrent gone over us;
5. then would the raging waters *
have gone right over us.
6. Blessed be the Lord *
who has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.
7. We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *
the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, *
the maker of heaven and earth.
Glory …
Psalm 125
which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.
2. The hills stand about Jerusalem; *
so does the Lord stand round about this people,
from this time forth for evermore.
3. The sceptre of the wicked shall not hold sway over the land allotted to the just, *
so that the just shall not put their hands to evil.
4. Show your goodness, O Lord, to those who are good *
and to those who are true of heart.
5. As for those who turn aside to crooked ways, the Lord will lead them away with the evildoers; *
but peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 126
then were we like those who dream.
2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, *and our tongue with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations, *”The Lord has done great things for them.”
3. The Lord has done great things for us, *
and we are glad indeed.
4. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, *
like the watercourses of the Negev.
5. Those who sowed with tears *
will reap with songs of joy.
6. Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, *
will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.
Conclusion
A song of Pilgrimage
1. While I was still young, before I began my travels,*
I sought for wisdom openly in my prayers.
2. I asked for wisdom outside the temple sanctuary,*
and I will seek until the end.
3. Wisdom has been the delight of my heart,*
from first blossom to early fruit.
4. I have kept firmly to the true path;*
I have followed in wisdom’s steps since my youth.
5. I bowed my ear a little and received;*
I found wisdom and was well instructed.
6. Glory to the One who gives me wisdom!*
I will live according to God’s way.
7. From the beginning I gained understanding from the Lord;*
therefore I will never be deserted.
8. Because I longed to find wisdom with all my heart,*
I have gained a good possession.
9. As my reward the Lord has given me a tongue*
with which I shall sing God’s praises.
Glory …
Antiphon: Search me out, O God, and know my heart;* try me and know my restless thoughts.
READING(S)
Luke 21.20-28
Silence
Response Sirach 51.26
Buy wisdom without money, take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
Buy wisdom without money, take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
Let your souls receive instruction.
Take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Buy wisdom without money, take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
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 God, you make known your almighty power
in your merciful compassion:
increase your mercy towards us;
that we, being eager for your promises,
may inherit the treasures of heaven;
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.
