Evening Prayer: Monday 26 May 2025

Monday 26 May 2025

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

Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop, c 604
Easter

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: With you is the well of life,* and in your light we see light.
(Psalm 36.9)

Opening (from (Psalm 36))

1. Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,*
and your faithfulness to the clouds.

2. Your righteousness is like the strong mountains, your justice like the great deep;*
you save both man and beast, O Lord.

3. How priceless is your love, O God!*
your people take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

4. They feast upon the abundance of your house;*
you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 70

1. Be pleased, O God, to deliver me; *
O Lord, make haste to help me.

2. Let those who seek my life be ashamed and altogether dismayed; *
let those who take pleasure in my misfortune draw back and be disgraced.

3. Let those who say to me “Aha!” and gloat over me turn back, *
because they are ashamed.

4. Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; *
let those who love your salvation say for ever, “Great is the Lord!”

5. But as for me, I am poor and needy; come to me speedily, O God. *
You are my helper and my deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry.

Glory …

Psalm 72

1. Give the king your justice, O God, *
and your righteousness to the king’s son;

2. that he may rule your people righteously *
and the poor with justice;

3. that the mountains may bring prosperity to the people, *
and the little hills bring righteousness.

4. He shall defend the needy among the people, *
rescuing the poor and crushing the oppressor.

5. He shall live as long as the sun and moon endure, *
from one generation to another.

6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown field, *
like showers that water the earth.

7. In his time shall the righteous flourish; *
there shall be abundance of peace till the moon shall be no more.

8. He shall rule from sea to sea, *
and from the River to the ends of the earth.

9. His foes shall bow down before him, *
and his enemies lick the dust.

10. The rulers of Tarshish and of the isles shall pay
tribute, *
and the rulers of Arabia and Saba offer gifts.

11. All rulers shall bow down before him, *
and all the nations do him service.

12. For he shall deliver the poor who cries out in
distress *
and the oppressed who has no helper.

13. He shall have pity on the lowly and poor *
and shall preserve the lives of the needy.

14. He shall redeem their lives from oppression and violence, *
and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

15. Long may he live! *
And may there be given to him gold from Arabia; may prayer be made for him always, and may they bless him all the day long.

16. May there be abundance of grain on the earth, growing thick even on the hilltops;
may its fruit flourish like Lebanon, and its grain like grass upon the earth

17. May his name remain for ever and be established as long as the sun endures; *
may all the nations bless themselves in him and call him blessed.

18. Blessed are you, Lord God, the God of Israel, *
for you alone do wondrous deeds!

19. And blessed be your glorious name for ever *
and may all the earth be filled with your glory.
Amen. Amen.

Conclusion

Colossians 1

1. Give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;*
he has delivered us from the dominion of darkness.

2. He has transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,*
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

3. He is the image of the invisible God,*
the first-born of all creation.

4. For in him all things were created,*
in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.

5 He is the head of the body, the church;*
he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead.

6. In him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell,*
to reconcile all things to himself, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Glory …

Antiphon: With you is the well of life,* and in your light we see light.

READING(S)

Luke 9.18-27

Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am?’ They answered, ‘John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered, ‘The Messiah of God.’ He sternly ordered and commanded them not to tell anyone, saying, ‘The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.’ Then he said to them all, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.’

Silence

Response (Psalm 30.1)

I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up; alleluia, alleluia.
I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up; alleluia, alleluia.
You have not let my enemies triumph over me.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up; alleluia, alleluia.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: I am the vine* you are the branches, says the Lord; alleluia!

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: I am the vine* you are the branches, says the Lord; alleluia!

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, from whom all good things arise:
grant such grace to those who call on you,
that, by your inspiration,
we may ponder those things that are right,
and, by your guidance, do them;
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.