Evening Prayer: Saturday 12 July 2025

Saturday 12 July 2025

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

Drostan of Deer, Abbot, c 600
Week A

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: O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness!* you are clothed with majesty and splendour.
(Psalm 104.1)

Opening (from Psalm 104.1)

1. You appointed the moon to mark the seasons,*
and the sun knows the time of its setting.

2. You make darkness that it may be night,*
in which all the beasts of the forest prowl.

3. May your glory, O Lord, endure for ever;*
may you rejoice in all his works.

4. May these words of mine please you;*
I will rejoice in the Lord.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 34
1. I will bless the Lord at all times; *
the praise of God shall ever be in my mouth.

2. I will glory in the Lord; *
let the humble hear and rejoice.

3. Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord; *
let us exalt the name of God together.

4. I sought the Lord, who answered me *
and delivered me out of all my terror.
5. Look upon God and be radiant, *
and let not your faces be ashamed.

6. I called in my affliction and the Lord heard me *
and saved me from all my troubles.

7. The angel of the Lord encompasses those who fear God*
and will deliver them.

8. Taste and see that the Lord is good; *
happy are they who trust in God!

9. Fear the Lord, you holy ones of God, *
for those who fear God lack nothing.

10. The young lions lack and suffer hunger, *
but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.

11. Come, children, and listen to me; *
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12. Who among you loves life *
and desires long life to enjoy prosperity?

13. Keep your tongue from evil-speaking *
and your lips from lying words.

14. Turn from evil and do good; *
seek peace and pursue it.

15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, *
and the ears of God are open to their cry.

16. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, *
to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17. The righteous cry, and the Lord hears them *
and delivers them from all their troubles.

18. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted *
and will save those whose spirits are crushed.

19. Many are the troubles of the righteous, *
but the Lord will deliver them out of them all.

20 The Lord will keep safe all their bones; *
not one of them shall be broken.

21. Evil shall slay the wicked, *
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

22. O Lord, you redeem the life of your servants, *
and none will be punished who trust in you.

Glory …

Conclusion


from 1 John 4

1. Beloved let us love one another,*
for love is of God;

2. And those who love are born of God*
and know God.

3. Those who do not love do not know God,*
for God is love.

4. In this the love of God was made manifest among us,*
that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.

5 In this is love: not that we loved God,*
but that God loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.

6. Beloved, if God so loved us,*
we also ought to love one another.

Glory …

Antiphon: O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness!* you are clothed with majesty and splendour.

READING(S)

Mark 1.14-28

"Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’ As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him. They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ‘What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.’ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silent, and come out of him!’ And the unclean spirit, throwing him into convulsions and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, ‘What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.’ At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee."

Silence

Response Psalm. 119.105

Your word is a lantern to my feet.
Your word is a lantern to my feet.
A light upon my path.
A lantern to my feet.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Your word is a lantern to my feet.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: The righteous will shine like the sun: * in the kingdom of God.

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 righteous will shine like the sun: * in the kingdom of God.

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 Lord, let the world be ordered in peace,
according to your will:
that your people may be free to worship you with joy;
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.