Evening Prayer: Saturday 4 October 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Francis of Assisi, Deacon and Friar, 1226
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
by day and night I cry to you.
2. Let my prayer enter into your presence; *
incline your ear to my lamentation.
3. For I am full of trouble; *
my life is at the brink of the grave.
4. I am counted among those who go down to the
Pit; *
I have become like one who has no strength;
5. lost among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, *
whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
6. You have laid me in the depths of the Pit, *
in dark places, and in the abyss.
7. Your anger weighs upon me heavily, *
and all your great waves overwhelm me.
8. You have put my friends far from me;
you have made me to be abhorred by them; *
I am in prison and cannot get free.
9. My sight has failed me because of trouble; *
Lord, I have called upon you daily;
I have stretched out my hands to you.
10. Do you work wonders for the dead? *
Will those who have died stand up and give you thanks?
11. Will your loving-kindness be declared in the grave *
or your faithfulness in the land of destruction?
12. Will your wonders be known in the dark? *
or your righteousness in the country where all is forgotten?
13. But as for me, O Lord, I cry to you for help; *
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14. Lord, why have you rejected me? *
Why have you hidden your face from me?
15. Ever since my youth, I have been wretched and at the point of death; *
I have borne your terrors with a troubled mind.
16. Your blazing anger has swept over me; *
your terrors have destroyed me;
17. They surround me all day long like a flood; *
they encompass me on every side.
18. My friend and my neighbour you have put away from me, *
and darkness is my only companion.
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 8:18-27
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: The earth will be full of the glory of God. As the waters cover the sea. (Isaiah 11.9)
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 earth will be full of the glory of God. As the waters cover the sea. (Isaiah 11.9)
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
God of our salvation,
be with us when we call upon you,
and bless us with your steadfast loving kindness:
restore in us the beauty of your creation
and keep intact the gifts you have restored,
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.
