Evening Prayer: Saturday 22 March 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Thomas Ken, Bishop, 1711
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 25)
in you have I trusted all the day long.
2. Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love,*
for they are from everlasting.
3. Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions;*
remember me according to your love.
4. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,*
for my hope has been in you.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
and listen to my prayer.
2. I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; *
set me upon the rock that is higher than I.
3. For you have been my refuge, *
a strong tower against the enemy.
4. I will dwell in your house for ever; *
I will take refuge under the cover of your wings.
5. For you, O God, have heard my vows; *
you have granted me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6. Add length of days to the king’s life; *
let his years extend over many generations.
7. Let him sit enthroned before you for ever; *
bid love and faithfulness watch over him.
8. So will I always sing the praise of your name, *
and day by day I will fulfill my vows.
Glory …
Psalm 62
from God comes my salvation.
2. God alone is my rock and my salvation, *
my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.
3. How long will you assail me to crush me, all of you together, *
as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?
4. They seek only to bring me down from my place of honour; lies are their chief delight.*
They bless with their lips, but in their hearts they curse.
5. For God alone my soul in silence waits; *
truly, my hope is in God.
6. God alone is my rock and my salvation, *
my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.
7. In God is my safety and my honour, *
my strong rock and my refuge.
8. Put your trust in God always, O people, *
pour out your hearts before the One who is your refuge.
9. Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath, even those of low estate cannot be trusted. *
On the scales they are lighter than a breath, all of them together.
10. Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no empty pride; *
though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
11. God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *
that power belongs to God.
12. Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *
for you repay all according to their deeds.
Conclusion
Romans 5
1. Now that we have been justified through faith,*
we are at peace with God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. And so we exult in our hope of the splendour of God*
and we even exult in the sufferings we endure.
3. For our hope is not in vain,*
because God’s love has flooded our inmost hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
4. When we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly;*
he died for us while we were still sinners, and so God’s love for us is revealed.
5. We are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us,*
for nothing can separate us from the love of God which is ours, through Jesus Christ.
Glory …
Antiphon: Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
READING(S)
John 7.1-13
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: If you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts. (Psalm 95.7)
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: If you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts. (Psalm 95.7)
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, you see that we lack the strength to help ourselves:
protect us both inwardly and outwardly;
that our bodies may be guarded from adversity,
and our minds may be defended from such thoughts
as assault and harm the soul;
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.
