Evening Prayer: Wednesday 5 March 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Ash Wednesday
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
do not punish me in your wrath.
2. Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *
heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked.
3. My spirit shakes with terror; *
how long, O Lord, how long?
4. Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *
save me for your mercy’s sake.
5. For in death no one remembers you; *
and who will give you thanks in the grave?
6. I grow weary because of my groaning; *
every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears.
7. My eyes are wasted with grief *
and worn away because of all my enemies.
8. Depart from me, all evildoers, *
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9. The Lord has heard my supplication *
and accepts my prayer.
10. All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; *
they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
Glory …
Psalm 32
and whose sin is put away!
2. Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, *
and in whose spirit there is no guile!
3. While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, *
because of my groaning all day long.
4. For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; *
my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.
5. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and did not conceal my guilt. *
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.
6. Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; *
when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.
7. You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble;*
you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
8. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; *
I will guide you with my eye.
9. Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding; *
who must be fitted with bit and bridle, or else they will not stay near you.”
10. Great are the tribulations of the wicked; *
but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.
11. Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; *
shout for joy, all who are true of heart.
Conclusion
Luke 6
1. Blessed are you who are poor, *
for yours is the kingdom of God.
2. Blessed are you who are hungry now, *
for you will be filled.
3. Blessed are you who weep now, *
for you will laugh.
4. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they
exclude you, revile you, and defame you *
on account of the Son of Man.
5. Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, *
for surely your reward is great in heaven;
6. for that is what their ancestors *
did to the prophets.
7. But woe to you who are rich, *
for you have received your consolation.
8. Woe to you who are full now, *
for you will be hungry.
9. Woe to you who are laughing now, *
for you will mourn and weep.
10. Woe to you when all speak well of you, *
for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.
Glory …
Antiphon: Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths.
READING(S)
Luke 18.9-14
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: Create in me a clean heart, O God. (Psalm 51.11)
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)
Song of Mary Antiphon: Create in me a clean heart, O God. (Psalm 51.11)
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
Grant, O most merciful God,
That we your faithful people
may enter this season of penitence with faithfulness,
and complete it with steadfast devotion;
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.
