Evening Prayer: Sunday 23 November 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
The Last Sunday after Pentecost
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)
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
to you shall vows be performed in Jerusalem.
2. To you that hear prayer *
shall all flesh come.
3. Our sins are stronger than we are, *
but you will blot out our transgressions.
4. Happy are they whom you choose and draw to your courts to dwell there! *
They will be satisfied by the beauty of your house, by the holiness of your temple.
5. Awesome things will you show us in your righteousness, O God of our salvation, *
O Hope of all the ends of the earth and of the seas that are far away.
6. You make fast the mountains by your power; *
they are girded about with might.
7. You still the roaring of the seas, *
the roaring of their waves, and the clamour of the peoples
8. Those who dwell at the ends of the earth will tremble at your marvellous signs; *
you make the dawn and the dusk to sing for joy.
9. You visit the earth and water it abundantly; * you make it very plenteous;
the river of God is full of water. * You prepare the grain, for so you provide for the earth.
10. You drench the furrows and smooth out the ridges; *
with heavy rain you soften the ground and bless its increase.
11. You crown the year with your goodness, *
and your paths overflow with plenty.
12. May the fields of the wilderness be rich for grazing, *
and the hills be clothed with joy.
13. May the meadows cover themselves with flocks, and the valleys cloak themselves with grain; *
let them shout for joy and sing.
Glory …
Psalm 67
show us the light of your countenance and come to us.
2. Let your ways be known upon earth, *
your saving health among all nations.
3. Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.
4. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *
for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.
5. Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.
6. The earth has brought forth its increase;
may you, O God our God, bless us.
7. May you bless us, *
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of you.
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)
Matthew 28:16-20
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: Abide with us, Lord, * for it is [towards] evening, and the day is far spent.
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: Abide with us, Lord, * for it is [towards] evening, and the day is far spent.
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 and everlasting God,
whose will it is to restore all things
in the kingdom of your well-beloved Son:
mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth,
now divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together
under his most gracious rule;
through the same 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.
