Evening Prayer: Wednesday 17 September 2025

Wednesday 17 September 2025

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

Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess, 1179
Season of Creation

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: Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation All things have been created through Christ and for Christ.
(Colossians 1.15,16)

Opening (from Psalm 19.1-4)

1. The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.

2. Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge.

3. There is no speech, nor are there words;
their voice is not heard;

4. Yet their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 46

1. God is our refuge and strength, *
a very present help in trouble.

2. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, *
and though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the sea;

3. though its waters rage and foam, *
and though the mountains tremble at its tumult.

4. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, *
the holy habitation of the Most High.

5. God is in the midst of this city; it shall not be overthrown; *
God shall help it at the break of day.

6. The nations make much ado, and the dominions are shaken; *
God has spoken, and the earth shall melt away.

7. The Lord of hosts is with us; *
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.

8. Come now and look upon the works of the Lord, *
what awesome things God has done on earth.

9. It is God who makes war to cease in all the world; *
who breaks the bow and shatters the spear, and burns the shields with fire.

10. “Be still, then, and know that I am God; *
I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.”

11. The Lord of hosts is with us; *
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Glory …

Conclusion

Benedicite

All you Works of the Lord, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Showers and Dew, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Winds of God, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Fire and Heat, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Winter and Summer, bless the Lord :
praise and magnify God for ever.
O Frost and Cold, bless the Lord:
praise and magnify God for ever.

Glory …

Antiphon: Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. All things have been created through Christ and for Christ.

READING(S)

Matthew 4:18-25

As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them. And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Silence

Response John 1

Through God’s Word all things were made.
Through God’s Word all things were made.
In the Word is life
And the life is the light of all people.
Glory to God, Source of all Being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit.
Through God’s Word all things were made.

SONG OF MARY

Song of Mary Antiphon: As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return until they have watered the earth; So shall my word not return to me empty, says the Lord. (Isaiah 50.10-11)

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)

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

God the Creator,
in Christ you call all people
to the fullness of glory
for which you created us in your image:
heal our hardened hearts,
renew our obedience to your will,
and conform our lives to your gracious design,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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.