Evening Prayer: Monday 7 April 2025

Monday 7 April 2025

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

Week 5 of Lent
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 143)

1. I spread out my hands to you;*
my soul gasps to you like a thirsty land.

2. O Lord, make haste to answer me; my spirit fails me;*
do not hide your face from me or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.

3. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord,*
for I flee to you for refuge.

4. Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God;*
let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 94
1. O Lord God of vengeance, *
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


Saviour of the World - Salvator Mundi

1. Jesus, Saviour of the world, come to us in your mercy:*
we look to you to save and help us.

2. By your cross and your life laid down, you set your people free:*
we look to you to save and help us.

3. When they were ready to perish, you saved your disciples:*
we look to you to come to our help.

4. Make yourself known as our saviour and mighty deliverer;*
save and help us that we may praise you.

5. Come now and dwell with us, Lord Christ Jesus;*
hear our prayer and be with us always.

6. And when you come in your glory,*
make us to be one with you and to share the life of your kingdom.

Glory …

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

READING(S)

John 9.1-17

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’ But they kept asking him, ‘Then how were your eyes opened?’ He answered, ‘The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, “Go to Siloam and wash.” Then I went and washed and received my sight.’ They said to him, ‘Where is he?’ He said, ‘I do not know.’ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, ‘He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.’ Some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.’ But others said, ‘How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?’ And they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, ‘What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.’ He said, ‘He is a prophet.’

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: Anyone who serves me must follow me, says the Lord; where I am, there shall my servant be also. (John 12.26)

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: Anyone who serves me must follow me, says the Lord; where I am, there shall my servant be also. (John 12.26)

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

Merciful God,
look upon your family as we travel to the foot of the cross:
and, by your great goodness, guide us in body;
that, by your protection,
we may also be preserved in heart and mind;
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.