Evening Prayer: Monday 10 March 2025

Monday 10 March 2025

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

Kessog, Bishop, c 700
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 29
1. Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due the divine name; *
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

3. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; *
the Lord is upon the mighty waters.

4. The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; *
the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendour.

5. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; *
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon,

6. and makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *
and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.

7. The voice of the Lord *
splits the flames of fire;

8. the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; *
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9. The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forests bare. *
And in the temple of the Lord all are crying, “Glory!”

10. The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; *
the Lord sits enthroned as sovereign for evermore.

11. The Lord shall give strength to this people; *
the Lord shall give this people the blessing of peace.

Glory …

Psalm 30
1. I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up*
and have not let my enemies triumph over me.

2. O Lord my God, I cried out to you, *
and you restored me to health.

3. You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; *
you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.

4. Sing to the Lord, you servants of God; *
give thanks for the remembrance of the holiness of God.

5. For the wrath of God endures but the twinkling of an eye, the divine favour for a lifetime. *
Weeping may spend the night, but joy comes in the morning.

6. While I felt secure, I said,*
“I shall never be disturbed.

7. Lord, with your favour, you made me as strong as the mountains.” *
Then you hid your face, and I was filled with fear.

8. I cried to you, O Lord; *
I pleaded with you, saying,

9. “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? *
Will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?

10. Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; *
O Lord, be my helper.”

11. You have turned my wailing into dancing; *
you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy.

12. Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; *
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.

Conclusion


Matthew 5

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit,*
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

2. Blessed are those who mourn,*
for they shall be comforted.


3. Blessed are the meek,*
for they shall inherit the earth.

4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,*
for they shall be satisfied.

5. Blessed are the merciful,*
for they shall obtain mercy.

6. Blessed are the pure in heart,*
for they shall see God.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers,*
for they shall be called the children of God.

8. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,*
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Glory …

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

READING(S)

John 2.1-12

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there for a few days.

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: We shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4.4)

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: We shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4.4)

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

Almighty God,
whose Son fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet did not sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in submission to your Spirit,
that, as you know our weakness,
so we may know your power to save;
through the same 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.