Evening Prayer: Friday 7 February 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Friday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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)
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
O God of vengeance, show yourself.
2. Rise up, O Judge of the world; *
give the arrogant their just deserts.
3. How long shall the wicked, O Lord, *
how long shall the wicked triumph?
4. They bluster in their insolence; *
all evildoers are full of boasting.
5. They crush your people, O Lord, *
and afflict your chosen nation.
6. They murder the widow and the stranger *
and put the orphans to death.
7. Yet they say, ”The Lord does not see, *
the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
8. Consider well, you dullards among the people; *
when will you fools understand?
9. Does the One that planted the ear not hear? *
Does the One that formed the eye not see?
10. Does the One who admonishes the nations not punish? *
Does the One who teaches all the world have no knowledge?
11. The Lord knows our human thoughts; *
how like a puff of wind they are.
12. Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord! *
whom you teach out of your law;
13. to give them rest in evil days, *
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14. For you will not abandon your people, *
nor will you forsake your own.
15. For judgement will again be just, *
and all the true of heart will follow it.
16. Who rose up for me against the wicked? *
Who took my part against the evildoers?
17. If the Lord had not come to my help, *
I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
18. As often as I said, ”My foot has slipped,” *
your love, O Lord, upheld me.
19. When many cares fill my mind, *
your consolations cheer my soul.
20. Can a corrupt tribunal have any part with you, *
one which frames evil into law?
21. They conspire against the life of the just *
and condemn the innocent to death.
22. But, you, O Lord, have become my stronghold, *
and my God, the rock of my trust.
23. O Lord, you will turn their wickedness back upon them and destroy them in their own malice; *
you, the Lord our God, will destroy them.
Glory …
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)
Mark 9.2-13
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 God, through our human frailty,
we cannot stand firm:
give us strength and protection,
that, with your help,
we may overcome all difficulties;
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.
