Evening Prayer: Sunday 8 June 2025

Sunday 8 June 2025

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

Whitsunday
Easter

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: With you is the well of life,* and in your light we see light.
(Psalm 36.9)

Opening (from (Psalm 36))

1. Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,*
and your faithfulness to the clouds.

2. Your righteousness is like the strong mountains, your justice like the great deep;*
you save both man and beast, O Lord.

3. How priceless is your love, O God!*
your people take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

4. They feast upon the abundance of your house;*
you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 145
1. I will exalt you, O God my sovereign, *
and bless your name for ever and ever.

2. Every day will I bless you *
and praise your name for ever and ever.

3. Great are you, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; *
there is no end to your greatness.

4. One generation shall praise your works to another *
and shall declare your power.

5. I will ponder the glorious splendour of your , majesty *
and all your marvellous works.

6. They shall speak of the might of your wondrous acts, *
and I will tell of your greatness.

7. They shall publish the remembrance of your great goodness; *
they shall sing of your righteous deeds.

8. O Lord, you are gracious and full of compassion, *
slow to anger and of great kindness.

9. You are loving to everyone *
and your compassion is over all your works.

10. All your works praise you, O Lord, *
and your faithful servants bless you.

11. They make known the glory of your dominion *
and speak of your power;

12. so that the peoples may know of your power *
and the glorious splendour of your dominion.

13. Your sovereignty is an everlasting one; * your dominion endures throughout all ages.
Lord, you are faithful in all your words * and merciful in all your deeds.

14. You uphold all those who fall *
and lift up those who are bowed down.

15. The eyes of all wait upon you, O Lord, *
and you give them their food in due season.

16. You open wide your hand *
and satisfy the needs of every living creature.

17. You are righteous in all your ways *
and loving in all your works.

18. You are near to those who call upon you, *
to all who call upon you faithfully.

19. You fulfil the desire of those who fear you, *
you hear their cry and help them.

20. You preserve all those who love you, *
but you destroy all the wicked.

21. My mouth shall speak your praise, O Lord; *
let all flesh bless your holy name for ever and ever.

Glory …

Conclusion


Romans 8

1. If God is for us, who is against us?*
The God who did not spare his own Son, will he not give us all things with him?

2. It is God who justifies; who is to condemn?*
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?


3. Neither death nor life,*
nor angels nor principalities;

4. nor things present, nor things to come,*
nor depth, nor height;

5 nor powers, nor anything in all creation*
shall separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Glory …

Antiphon: With you is the well of life,* and in your light we see light.

READING(S)

Luke 24.44-53

"Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.’ Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God."

Silence

Response (Psalm 30.1)

I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up; alleluia, alleluia.
I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up; alleluia, alleluia.
You have not let my enemies triumph over me.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
I will exalt you, O Lord, for you have lifted me up; alleluia, alleluia.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: In the Spirit,* we have access to the Father; alleluia! (Ephesians 2.18)

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: In the Spirit,* we have access to the Father; alleluia! (Ephesians 2.18)

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, who on the day of Pentecost
enlightened the hearts of your people
by the fire of the Holy Spirit:
give us wisdom and understanding,
and lead us into all truth,
that your Church may be kept in the unity of the Spirit
and the bond of peace;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the same 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.