Evening Prayer: Tuesday 4 November 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Tuesday after Pentecost 21
Week B
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: Where can I go from your Spirit?* Where can I flee from your presence?
(Psalm 139.7)
Opening (from Psalm 139)
your works are wonderful, and I know it well.
2. My body was not hidden from you,*
while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.
3. How deep I find your thoughts, O God!*
how great is the sum of them!
4. If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand;*
to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
the faithful have vanished from among us.
2. All speak falsely with their neighbours; *
with a smooth tongue they speak from a double heart.
3. Oh, that the Lord would cut off all smooth tongues, *
and close the lips that utter proud boasts!
4. Those who say, “With our tongue will we prevail; *
our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
5. “Because the needy are oppressed, and the poor cry out in misery, *
I will rise up,” says the Lord, “and give them the help they long for.”
6. The words of the Lord are pure words, *
like silver refined from ore and purified seven times in the fire.
7. O Lord, watch over us *
and save us from this generation for ever.
8. The wicked prowl on every side, *
and that which is worthless is highly prized by everyone.
Glory …
Psalm 13
How long will you hide your face from me?
2. How long shall I have perplexity in my mind, and grief in my heart, day after day? *
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
3. Look upon me and answer me, O Lord my God; *
give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4. lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over this one,” *
and my foes rejoice that I have fallen.
5. But I put my trust in your mercy; *
my heart is joyful because of your saving help.
6. I will sing to the Lord who has dealt with me richly; *
I will praise the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 14
All are corrupt and commit abominable acts; there is none who does any good.
2. The Lord looks down from heaven upon us all, *
to see if there is any who is wise, if there is anyone who seeks after God.
3. Every one has proved faithless; all alike have turned bad; *
there is none who does good; no, not one.
4. Have they no knowledge, all those evildoers *
who eat up my people like bread and do not call upon the Lord?
5. See how they tremble with fear, *
because God is in the company of the righteous.
6. Their aim is to confound the plans of the afflicted, *
but the Lord is their refuge.
7. Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come out of Zion!*
When the Lord restores the fortunes of this people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.
Conclusion
1 Timothy 3
1. Great indeed, we confess,*
is the mystery of our religion.
2. Christ was manifested in the flesh,*
vindicated in the Spirit,
3. Seen by angels,*
preached among the nations,
4. Believed on in the world;*
taken up in glory.
Glory …
Antiphon: Where can I go from your Spirit?* Where can I flee from your presence?
READING(S)
Matthew 13:44-52
Silence
Response Psalm 105.5
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
The wonders and the judgements of the mouth of the Lord.
What wonders God has done!
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
SONG OF MARY
Song of Mary Antiphon: Our spirits rejoice * in God our Saviour.
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: Our spirits rejoice * in God our Saviour.
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,
watch over your household with constant love:
that with you as our shelter
your family may be free from all distress,
and devoted to good works for the glory of your name;
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.
