Evening Prayer: Saturday 27 September 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Vincent de Paul, Priest, 1660
Season of Creation
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: Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation All things have been created through Christ and for Christ.
(Colossians 1.15,16)
Opening (from Psalm 19.1-4)
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
2. Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge.
3. There is no speech, nor are there words;
their voice is not heard;
4. Yet their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
to those who are pure in heart.
2. But as for me, my feet had nearly slipped; *
I had almost tripped and fallen;
3. because I envied the proud *
and saw the prosperity of the wicked:
4. For they suffer no pain, *
and their bodies are sleek and sound;
5. in the misfortunes of others they have no share; *
they are not afflicted as others are;
6. therefore they wear their pride like a necklace *
and wrap their violence about them like a cloak.
7. Their iniquity comes from gross minds, *
and their hearts overflow with wicked thoughts.
8. They scoff and speak maliciously; *
out of their haughtiness they plan oppression.
9. They set their mouths against the heavens, *
and their evil speech runs through the world.
10. And so the people turn to them *
and find in them no fault.
11. They say, ”How should God know? *
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12. So then, these are the wicked; *
always at ease, they increase their wealth.
13. In vain have I kept my heart clean, *
and washed my hands in innocence.
14. I have been afflicted all day long, *
and punished every morning.
15. Had I gone on speaking this way, *
I should have betrayed the generation of your children.
16. When I tried to understand these things, *
it was too hard for me;
17. Until I entered the sanctuary of God *
and discerned the end of the wicked.
18. Surely, you set them in slippery places; *
you cast them down in ruin.
19. Oh, how suddenly do they come to destruction, *
come to an end, and perish from terror!
20. Like a dream when one awakens, O Lord, *
when you arise you will make their image vanish.
21. When my mind became embittered, *
I was sorely wounded in my heart.
22. I was stupid and had no understanding; *
I was like a brute beast in your presence.
23. Yet I am always with you; *
you hold me by my hand.
24. You will guide me by your counsel, *
and afterwards receive me with glory.
25. Whom have I in heaven but you? *
and having you I desire nothing upon earth.
26. Though my flesh and my heart should waste away, *
you are the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
27. Truly, those who forsake you will perish; *
you destroy all who are unfaithful.
28. But it is good for me to be near you; I have made you, Lord God, my refuge. *
I will speak of all your works in the gates of the city of Zion.
Glory …
Conclusion
Benedicite
All you Works of the Lord, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Showers and Dew, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Winds of God, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Fire and Heat, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Winter and Summer, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Frost and Cold, bless the Lord:
praise and magnify God for ever.
Glory …
Antiphon: Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. All things have been created through Christ and for Christ.
READING(S)
Matthew 6:19-24
Silence
Response John 1
Through God’s Word all things were made.
Through God’s Word all things were made.
In the Word is life
And the life is the light of all people.
Glory to God, Source of all Being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit.
Through God’s Word all things were made.
SONG OF MARY
Song of Mary Antiphon: I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 121.1-2)
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: I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 121.1-2)
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,
in whose wisdom all things have been established in order:
enlighten the people you have saved,
that they may consider
the greater wonder of your new creation,
brought forth in the fullness of time,
through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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.
