Evening Prayer: Thursday 16 October 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Thursday after Pentecost 18
Week C
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: Search me out, O God, and know my heart;* try me and know my restless thoughts.
(Psalm 139.23)
Opening (from Psalm 139)
and are acquainted with all my ways.
2. Indeed there is not a word on my lips,*
but you, O Lord, know it altogether.
3. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will cover me,*
and the light around me turn to night’.
4. Darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day;*
darkness and light to you are both alike.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
who has heard the voice of my supplication,
2. who has listened to me *
whenever I called.
3. The cords of death entangled me; the grip of the grave took hold of me; *
I came to grief and sorrow.
4. Then I called upon the name of the Lord: *
“O Lord, I pray you, save my life.”
5. Gracious is the Lord and righteous; *
our God is full of compassion.
6. The Lord watches over the innocent; *
I was brought very low, and the Lord helped me.
7. Turn again to your rest, O my soul, *
for the Lord has treated you well.
8. For you, O Lord, have rescued my life from death, *
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
9. I will walk in the presence of the Lord *
in the land of the living.
10. I believed, even when I said, *
”I have been brought very low.”
11. In my distress I said, *
”No one can be trusted.”
12. How shall I repay you, O Lord, *
for all the good things you have done for me?
13. I will lift up the cup of salvation *
and call upon your name.
14. I will fulfil my vows to the Lord *
in the presence of all the people.
15. Precious in your sight, O Lord *
is the death of your servants.
16. O Lord, I am your servant; *
I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
you have freed me from my bonds.
17. I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving *
and call upon the name of the Lord.
18. I will fulfil my vows to the Lord *
in the presence of all the people of God.
19. In the courts of the house of the Lord, *
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
Glory …
Psalm 117
laud the Lord, all you peoples.
2. For the loving-kindness of the Lord toward us is great, *
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever. Hallelujah!
Conclusion
A song of Pilgrimage
1. While I was still young, before I began my travels,*
I sought for wisdom openly in my prayers.
2. I asked for wisdom outside the temple sanctuary,*
and I will seek until the end.
3. Wisdom has been the delight of my heart,*
from first blossom to early fruit.
4. I have kept firmly to the true path;*
I have followed in wisdom’s steps since my youth.
5. I bowed my ear a little and received;*
I found wisdom and was well instructed.
6. Glory to the One who gives me wisdom!*
I will live according to God’s way.
7. From the beginning I gained understanding from the Lord;*
therefore I will never be deserted.
8. Because I longed to find wisdom with all my heart,*
I have gained a good possession.
9. As my reward the Lord has given me a tongue*
with which I shall sing God’s praises.
Glory …
Antiphon: Search me out, O God, and know my heart;* try me and know my restless thoughts.
READING(S)
Matthew 10:34-42
Silence
Response Sirach 51.26
Buy wisdom without money, take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
Buy wisdom without money, take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
Let your souls receive instruction.
Take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Buy wisdom without money, take wisdom’s yoke upon you.
SONG OF MARY
Song of Mary Antiphon: Those who wait upon the Lord: * will be saved.
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: Those who wait upon the Lord: * will be saved.
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 Lord, since without you we cannot please you:
let the work of your mercy in all things guide our hearts;
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.
