Evening Prayer: Saturday 22 February 2025

Saturday 22 February 2025

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

Saturday Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Week B

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: Where can I go from your Spirit?* Where can I flee from your presence?
(Psalm 139.7)

Opening (from Psalm 139)

1. I will thank you because I am marvellously made;*
your works are wonderful, and I know it well.

2. My body was not hidden from you,*
while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.

3. How deep I find your thoughts, O God!*
how great is the sum of them!

4. If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand;*
to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 124

1. If the Lord had not been on our side, *
let Israel now say;

2. if the Lord had not been on our side, *
when enemies rose up against us;

3. then would they have swallowed us up alive *
in their fierce anger toward us;

4. then would the waters have overwhelmed us *
and the torrent gone over us;

5. then would the raging waters *
have gone right over us.

6. Blessed be the Lord *
who has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.

7. We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *
the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, *
the maker of heaven and earth.

Glory …

Psalm 125

1. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, *
which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.

2. The hills stand about Jerusalem; *
so does the Lord stand round about this people,
from this time forth for evermore.

3. The sceptre of the wicked shall not hold sway over the land allotted to the just, *
so that the just shall not put their hands to evil.

4. Show your goodness, O Lord, to those who are good *
and to those who are true of heart.

5. As for those who turn aside to crooked ways, the Lord will lead them away with the evildoers; *
but peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 126

1. When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, *
then were we like those who dream.

2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, *and our tongue with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations, *”The Lord has done great things for them.”

3. The Lord has done great things for us, *
and we are glad indeed.

4. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, *
like the watercourses of the Negev.

5. Those who sowed with tears *
will reap with songs of joy.

6. Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, *
will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.

Conclusion

1 Timothy 3

1. Great indeed, we confess,*
is the mystery of our religion.

2. Christ was manifested in the flesh,*
vindicated in the Spirit,

3. Seen by angels,*
preached among the nations,

4. Believed on in the world;*
taken up in glory.

Glory …

Antiphon: Where can I go from your Spirit?* Where can I flee from your presence?

READING(S)

Mark 12.35-44

While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, ‘How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, by the Holy Spirit, declared, “The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.’ ” David himself calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?’ And the large crowd was listening to him with delight. As he taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the market-places, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honour at banquets! They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.’ He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.’

Silence

Response Psalm 105.5

Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
The wonders and the judgements of the mouth of the Lord.
What wonders God has done!
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: God has come to the aid of the faithful, * as promised to Abraham and his children.

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: God has come to the aid of the faithful, * as promised to Abraham and his children.

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

Almighty God,
grant that with our minds set always on your wisdom and love,
we may pursue both in word and deed
those things that are pleasing in your sight;
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.