Evening Prayer: Tuesday 18 March 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 386
Lent
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: Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
(Psalm 25.3)
Opening (from Psalm 25)
in you have I trusted all the day long.
2. Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love,*
for they are from everlasting.
3. Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions;*
remember me according to your love.
4. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,*
for my hope has been in you.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
hearken, all you who dwell in the world,
2. you of high degree and low, *
rich and poor together.
3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom, *
and my heart shall meditate on understanding.
4. I will incline my ear to a proverb *
and set forth my riddle upon the harp.
5. Why should I be afraid in evil days, *
when the wickedness of those at my heels surrounds me,
6. the wickedness of those who put their trust in their goods, *
and boast of their great riches?
7. We can never ransom ourselves, *
or deliver to God the price of our life;
8. for the ransom of our life is so great, *
that we should never have enough to pay it,
9. in order to live for ever and ever, *
and never see the grave.
10. For we see that the wise die also; like the dull and stupid they perish *
and leave their wealth to those who come after them.
11. Their graves shall be their homes for ever, their dwelling places from generation to generation, *
though they call the lands after their own names.
12. Even though honoured, they cannot live for ever; *
they are like the beasts that perish.
13. Such is the way of those who foolishly trust in themselves, *
and the end of those who delight in their own words.
14. Like a flock of sheep they are destined to die; death is their shepherd; they go down straightway to the grave. *
Their form shall waste away, and the land of the dead shall be their home.
15. But God will ransom my life *
and will snatch me from the grasp of death.
16. Do not be envious when some become rich, *
or when the grandeur of their house increases;
17. for they will carry nothing away at their death, *
nor will their grandeur follow them.
18. Though they thought highly of themselves while they lived, *
and were praised for their success,
19. they shall join the company of their ancestors, *
who will never see the light again.
20. Those who are honoured, but have no
understanding, *
are like the beasts that perish.
Glory …
Conclusion
Romans 5
1. Now that we have been justified through faith,*
we are at peace with God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. And so we exult in our hope of the splendour of God*
and we even exult in the sufferings we endure.
3. For our hope is not in vain,*
because God’s love has flooded our inmost hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
4. When we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly;*
he died for us while we were still sinners, and so God’s love for us is revealed.
5. We are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us,*
for nothing can separate us from the love of God which is ours, through Jesus Christ.
Glory …
Antiphon: Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
READING(S)
John 4.43-54
Silence
Response (Psalm 86.15)
You, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion.
You, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion.
Slow to anger, full of kindness and truth.
Full of compassion.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
You, Lord, are gracious and full of compassion.
SONG OF MARY
Song of Mary Antiphon: If you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts. (Psalm 95.7)
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: If you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts. (Psalm 95.7)
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, you see that we lack the strength to help ourselves:
protect us both inwardly and outwardly;
that our bodies may be guarded from adversity,
and our minds may be defended from such thoughts
as assault and harm the soul;
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.
