Evening Prayer: Wednesday 8 October 2025

Wednesday 8 October 2025

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

Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop, 1875
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)

1. I will thank you because I am marvellously made;*
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

Psalm 97

1. The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice; *
let the multitude of the isles be glad.

2. Clouds and darkness are round about you, O Lord; *
righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne.

3. A fire goes before you *
and burns up your enemies on every side.

4. Your lightnings light up the world; *
the earth sees it and is afraid.

5. The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

6. The heavens declare your righteousness, *
and all the peoples see your glory.

7. Confounded be all who worship carved images and delight in false gods! *
Bow down before the Lord, all you gods.

8. Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice, *
because of your judgements, O Lord.

9. For you are the Lord, most high over all the earth; *
you are exalted far above all gods.

10. The Lord loves those who hate evil, *
preserving the lives of the saints and delivering them from the hand of the wicked.

11. Light has sprung up for the righteous, *
and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted.

12. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, *
and give thanks to the holy name of the Lord.

Glory …

Psalm 98

1. Sing a new song to the Lord, who has done marvellous things, *
whose mighty hand and holy arm have won the victory.

2. O Lord, you have made known the victory; *
you have openly shown your righteousness in the sight of the nations.

3. You remember your mercy and faithfulness to the house of Israel, *
and all the ends of the earth have seen your victory, O God.

4. Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; *
lift up your voice, rejoice and sing.

5. Sing to the Lord with the harp, *
with the harp and the voice of song.

6. With trumpets and the sound of the horn *
shout with joy before our sovereign, the Lord.

7. Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, *
the lands and those who dwell therein.

8. Let the rivers clap their hands, *
and let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord, who is coming to judge the earth.

9. In righteousness shall God judge the world *
and the peoples with equity.

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 9:9-17

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax-collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’ Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’ And Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.’

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: God looks with favour * on those who are faithful in service.

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: God looks with favour * on those who are faithful in service.

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, we beseech you:
give your people grace to turn away from evil;
and to follow you, the only God,
in pureness of heart and mind;
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.