Evening Prayer: Tuesday 28 October 2025

Tuesday 28 October 2025

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

Simon and Jude, Apostles
Festivals

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: Sing to the Lord a new song;* sing the praises of God in the congregation of the faithful.
(Psalm 149.1)

Opening (from Psalm 149)

1. Let Israel rejoice in their maker;*
let the children of Zion be joyful in their sovereign.

2. For the Lord takes pleasure in this people*
and adorns the poor with victory.

3. Let the faithful rejoice in triumph;*
let them be joyful on their beds.

4. Let the praises of God be in their throat*
and a two-edged sword in their hand.

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


Revelation 4 and 5

1. Glory and honour and power*
are yours by right, O Lord our God;

2. For you created all things*
and by your will they have their being.

3. Glory and honour and power*
are yours by right, O Lamb who was slain;

4. For by your blood you ransomed us for God,*
from every race and language, from every people and nation.

5. To make us a kingdom of priests*
to stand and serve before our God.

6. To God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb*
be praise and honour, glory and might, for ever and ever. Amen.

Glory …

Antiphon: Sing to the Lord a new song;* sing the praises of God in the congregation of the faithful.

READING(S)

Mark 14.1-11

It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, ‘Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.’ While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. But some were there who said to one another in anger, ‘Why was the ointment wasted in this way? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.’ And they scolded her. But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.’ Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.

Silence

Response Psalm 147.12

You delight, Lord, in those who fear you.
You delight, Lord, in those who fear you.
Who wait in hope for your mercy.
Those who fear you.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
You delight, Lord, in those who fear you.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: Those that sow in tears* shall reap with songs of joy.

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 that sow in tears* shall reap with songs of joy.

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 God,
whom we thank for the glorious company of the apostles,
and especially on this day for Simon and Jude:
grant that as they were faithful and zealous in their mission
so we may, with ardent devotion,
make known the love and mercy
of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ;
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.