
The Anglican Chaplaincy of Midi-Pyrénées and Aude
Service of Evening Prayer
for Monday 29 March
Welcome to this Service of Evening Prayer following an Iona Liturgy
This is the time
When light fades
And shadows lengthen
And sounds are subdued –
All as God intended
Amen
This is the time
When bodies relax
Minds unwind
And tiredeness comes –
All as God intended
Amen
This is the time
When others greet the morning
While we meet the night
And the world continues to to sing
In all the accents of creation,
A love song to its maker
Blessed be God’s Name
We listen to the singing of "Before the ending of the day"
Come brother Jesus be our guest
Stay with us for the day is ending
Bring to this place your poverty
For then we shall be rich
Bring to this place your pain
That in sharing it, we may also share your joy
Bring to this place your understanding of us
That we may be freed to learn more of you
Bring to this place your Holy Spirit
That we and all things might be made new
With friend, with stranger
With the unknown and well known ones
Be among us tonight
For the doors of this house are open
And the doors of our hearts we leave ajar
In the world many things happen at night:
People travel, people meet
People have secret conversations
People lie awake restless
People sleep through exhaustion
People lie awake in despair
And this has always been so
Our holy books bear witness to it
Let us hear a reading from the Bible
Psalm 36:5 – 11
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your judgments are like the great deep;
you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.
How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
O continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your salvation to the upright of heart!
Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me,
or the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Isaiah 42:1 – 9
Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
He will not cry or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
a bruised reed he will not break,
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be crushed
until he has established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands wait for his teaching.
Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness,
I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
I have given you as a covenant to the people,
a light to the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
I am the Lord, that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to idols.
See, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth,
I tell you of them.
What if the darkness covers us
And the day around us turns to night ?
Darkness is not too dark for God
To whom dark and light are one.
Let us pray
On the Monday of Holy Week
The crippled and the blind came to Jesus in the Temple
And he healed them
So let us pray for those who are crippled by disease or anxiety
O Lord hear our prayer
Those who are crippled by a system
O Lord hear our prayer
Those who are blind to beauty love and peace
O Lord hear our prayer
Those who are blind to what they must do now or do next
O Lord hear our prayer
The church in places where it has the possibility of healing the wounds of the
Nations or of the communities which it serves
O Lord hear our prayer
And for ourselves we pray
That we may discern a clear vision of your kingdom
And that we may steadily walk your path
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
We listen to the singing of the "Nunc dimittis"
For the day now done
Thanks be to God
For the rest before us
Thanks be to God
Because God never sleeps so that we can
Thanks be to God
But before the day is done
Let God’s holy name be praised
And let God’s people say Amen
Amen
Based on the Iona Abbey Worship Book (2017) and
Stages on the Way (Wild Goose Worship Group) (2000)
