Evening Prayer: Tuesday 18 January 2022

Tuesday 18 January 2022

The Confession of Peter
Week B

O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the 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?

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 to the Father
or a suitable Hymn

Psalm 68.19-36
19 Blessed be the Lord day by day,*
the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens.

20 He is our God, the God of our salvation;*
God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.

21 God shall crush the heads of his enemies,*
and the hairy scalp of those who go on still in their
wickedness.

22 The Lord has said, ‘I will bring them back from Bashan;*
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

23 That your foot may be dipped in blood,*
the tongues of your dogs in the blood of your enemies.’

24 They see your procession, O God,*
your procession into the sanctuary, my God and my King.

25 The singers go before, musicians follow after,*
in the midst of maidens playing upon the hand-drums.

26 Bless God in the congregation;*
bless the Lord, you that are of the fountain of Israel.

27 There is Benjamin, least of the tribes, at the head;
the princes of Judah in a company;*
and the princes of Zebulon and Naphtali.

28 Send forth your strength, O God;*
establish, O God, what you have wrought for us.

29 Kings shall bring gifts to you,*
for your temple's sake at Jerusalem.

30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,*
and the peoples, a herd of wild bulls with its calves.

31 Trample down those who lust after silver;*
scatter the peoples that delight in war.

32 Let tribute be brought out of Egypt;*
let Ethiopia stretch out her hands to God.

33 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth;*
sing praises to the Lord.

34 He rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;*
he sends forth his voice, his mighty voice.

35 Ascribe power to God;*
his majesty is over Israel;
his strength is in the skies.

36 How wonderful is God in his holy places!*
the God of Israel giving strength and power to his people!
Blessed be God!

Glory to the Father…

Blessed are you, Lord God of truth and justice; you open our hearts and our mouths to pray and to praise. Guide now our feet in your holy way, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Conclusion


1 Timothy 3

1 Great indeed, we confess,*
is the mystery of our religion.
2 God 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 to the Father…

Antiphon: Where can I go from your Spirit? where can I flee from your presence?

READING(S)

John 3.16-21

‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.’

Silence

Response Psalm 105.5

Call to mind what wonders the Lord has done!
Call to mind what wonders the Lord has done!
God’s marvellous acts and the judgements of his mouth.
What wonders the Lord has done!
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Call to mind what wonders the Lord has done!

MAGNIFICAT

Magnificat 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)

Magnificat 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

Almighty and eternal God,
ruler of heaven and earth:
mercifully hear the prayers of your people,
and grant your peace to our times;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end.

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.