Evening Prayer: Monday 10 November 2025

Monday 10 November 2025

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

Leo the Great, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 461
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)

1. You trace my journeys and my resting-places*
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

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

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)

Matthew 15:1-20

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, ‘Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.’ He answered them, ‘And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, “Honour your father and your mother,” and, “Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.” But you say that whoever tells father or mother, “Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God”, then that person need not honour the father. So, for the sake of your tradition, you make void the word of God. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said: “This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.” ’ Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, ‘Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.’ Then the disciples approached and said to him, ‘Do you know that the Pharisees took offence when they heard what you said?’ He answered, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.’ But Peter said to him, ‘Explain this parable to us.’ Then he said, ‘Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.’

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: The Spirit of God fills the earth: * in Christ all is made new.

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: The Spirit of God fills the earth: * in Christ all is made new.

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, our refuge and strength,
the very author of devotion:
hear the prayers of your Church;
and grant that what we seek in faith
we may in fact obtain;
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.