EVENING PRAYER FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021

Evening Prayer for Wednesday after Proper 6

Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752

 
The Invitatory and Psalter

V: O God, make speed to save us.
R: 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 will be for ever.  Amen.

Alleluia

O Gracious Light Phos hilaron

O gracious light,
pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,
O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!

Now as we come to the setting of the sun,
and our eyes behold the vesper light,
we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,
O Son of God, O Giver of life,
and to be glorified through all the worlds.

The Psalm or Psalms Appointed

Psalm 81 Exultate Deo

¹   Sing with joy to God our strength *
and raise a loud shout to the God of Jacob.
²   Raise a song and sound the timbrel, *
the merry harp, and the lyre.
³   Blow the ram’s-horn at the new moon, *
and at the full moon, the day of our feast.
⁴   For this is a statute for Israel, *
a law of the God of Jacob.
⁵   He laid it as a solemn charge upon Joseph, *
when he came out of the land of Egypt.
⁶   I heard an unfamiliar voice saying, *
“I eased his shoulder from the burden; his hands were set free from bearing the load.”
⁷   You called on me in trouble, and I saved you; *
I answered you from the secret place of thunder and tested you at the waters of Meribah.
⁸   Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you: *
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
⁹   There shall be no strange god among you; *
you shall not worship a foreign god.
¹⁰   I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and said, *
“Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.”
¹¹   And yet my people did not hear my voice, *
and Israel would not obey me.
¹²   So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts, *
to follow their own devices.
¹³   Oh, that my people would listen to me! *
that Israel would walk in my ways!
¹⁴   I should soon subdue their enemies *
and turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵   Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, *
and their punishment would last for ever.
¹⁶   But Israel would I feed with the finest wheat *
and satisfy him with honey from the rock.

Psalm 82 Deus stetit

¹   God takes his stand in the council of heaven; *
he gives judgment in the midst of the gods:
²   How long will you judge unjustly, *
and show favor to the wicked?
³   Save the weak and the orphan; *
defend the humble and needy;
⁴   Rescue the weak and the poor; *
deliver them from the power of the wicked.
⁵   They do not know, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; *
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
⁶   Now I say to you, ‘You are gods, *
and all of you children of the Most High;
⁷   Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, *
and fall like any prince.'”
⁸   Arise, O God, and rule the earth, *
for you shall take all nations for your own.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Lessons

A reading from Luke 20:27-40

Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.  Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless.  Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be?  For the seven had married her.” Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.  Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.  And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.”  Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”  For they no longer dared to ask him another question.

Here ends the Reading.

The Song of Mary Magnificat
Luke 1:46-55

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed: *
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him *
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm, *
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers, *
to Abraham and his children for ever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen

The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.  He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.  He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.  He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again.  He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.  He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen.

The Prayers

V: The Lord be with you.
R: And also with you.
Let us pray.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.  And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Suffrages B

That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful,
We entreat you, O Lord.

That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and goodwill,
We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins and offenses,
We entreat you, O Lord.

That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole world,
We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may depart this life in your faith and fear,
and not be condemned before the great judgment seat of Christ,
We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit in
the communion of [________ and] all your saints,
entrusting one another and all our life to Christ,
We entreat you, O Lord.

Collect of the Day

O God, by your Holy Spirit you give to some the word of wisdom, to others the word of knowledge, and to others the word of faith: We praise your Name for the gifts of grace manifested in your servant Joseph Butler, and we pray that your Church may never be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

A Collect for Protection

O God, the life of all who live, the light of the faithful, the strength of those who labor, and the repose of the dead:  We thank you for the blessings of the day that is past, and humbly ask for your protection through the coming night.  Bring us in safety to the morning hours; through him who died and rose again for us, your Son our Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Prayer for Mission

O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore:  Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women every-where love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

You may add your own intercessions and thanksgivings here.

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.  

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore.  Amen.    2 Corinthians 13:14

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