Evening Prayer: Saturday 12 April 2025

Saturday 12 April 2025

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

William Forbest Bishop, 1634
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 106.19-48
19. Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb *
and worshipped a molten image;

20. and so they exchanged their Glory *
for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

21. They forgot you, their saviour, *
who had done great things in Egypt,

22. wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *
and fearful things at the Red Sea.

23. So you would have destroyed them, had not Moses your chosen stood before you in the breach, *
to turn away your wrath from consuming them.

24. They refused the pleasant land *
and would not believe your promise.

25. They grumbled in their tents *
and would not listen to the voice of the Lord.

26. So you lifted your hand against them, *
to overthrow them in the wilderness,

27. to cast out their seed among the nations, *
and to scatter them throughout the lands.

28. They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

29. They provoked you to anger with their actions, *
and a plague broke out among them.

30. Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *
and the plague came to an end.

31. This was reckoned to him as righteousness *
throughout all generations for ever.

32. Again they provoked your anger at the waters of Meribah, *
so that you punished Moses because of them;

33. for they so embittered his spirit *
that he spoke rash words with his lips.

34. They did not destroy the peoples *
as the Lord had commanded them.

35. They intermingled with the heathen *
and learned their pagan ways,

36. So that they worshipped their idols, *
which became a snare to them.

37. They sacrificed their sons *
and their daughters to evil spirits.

38. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, *
which they offered to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood

39. Thus they were polluted by their actions *
and went whoring in their evil deeds.

40. Therefore your wrath was kindled against your people *
and you abhorred your inheritance.

41. You gave them over to the hand of the heathen, *
and those who hated them ruled over them.

42. Their enemies oppressed them, *
and they were humbled under their hand.

43. Many a time did you deliver them, but they rebelled through their own devices, *
and were brought down in their iniquity.

44. Nevertheless, you saw their distress, *
when you heard their lamentation.

45. You remembered your covenant with them *
and relented in accordance with your great mercy.

46. You caused them to be pitied *
by those who held them captive.

47. Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, *
that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

48. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting; *
and let all the people say, ”Amen!” Hallelujah!

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 11.28-44

When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, ‘The Teacher is here and is calling for you.’ And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, ‘Where have you laid him?’ They said to him, ‘Lord, come and see.’ Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!’ But some of them said, ‘Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?’ Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’ Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, ‘Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead for four days.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?’ So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upwards and said, ‘Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.’ When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’

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.