All
Saints’
Wednesday
Evening
Prayer
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth tremble before him. Psalm 96:9
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 will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia.
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.
148
Laudate Dominum
1 Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord from
the heavens; *
praise him in the heights.
2 Praise him, all
you angels of his; *
praise him, all his host.
3 Praise
him, sun and moon; *
praise him, all you shining stars. 4 Praise
him, heaven of heavens, *
and you waters above the heavens.
5
Let them praise the Name of the Lord; *
for he commanded, and they
were created.
6 He made them stand fast for ever and ever;
*
he gave them a law which shall not pass away.
7 Praise
the Lord from the earth, *
you sea-monsters and all deeps;
8
Fire and hail, snow and fog, *
tempestuous wind, doing his
will;
9 Mountains and all hills, *
fruit trees and all
cedars;
10 Wild beasts and all cattle, *
creeping things
and winged birds;
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples,
*
princes and all rulers of the world;
12 Young men and
maidens, *
old and young together.
13 Let them praise the
Name of the Lord, *
for his Name only is exalted,
his splendor
is over earth and heaven.
14 He has raised up strength for his
people
and praise for all his loyal servants, *
the children of
Israel, a people who are near him.
Hallelujah!
150 Laudate Dominum
1
Hallelujah!
Praise God in his holy temple; *
praise him in the
firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts; *
praise him for his
excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the blast of the
ram's-horn; *
Praise him with lyre and harp.
4 Praise him
with timbrel and dance; *
praise him with strings and pipe.
5
Praise him with resounding cymbals; *
praise him with
loud-clanging cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath
*
praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!
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.
Reading
Then the righteous will stand with great confidence
in the
presence of those who have oppressed them
and those who make light
of their labours.
When the unrighteous*
see them, they will be shaken with dreadful fear,
and they will be
amazed at the unexpected salvation of the righteous.
They will
speak to one another in repentance,
and in anguish of spirit they
will groan, and say,
‘These are persons whom we once held
in derision
and made a byword of reproach—fools that we
were!
We thought that their lives were madness
and that their
end was without honour.
Why have they been numbered among the
children of God?
And why is their lot among the saints?
Because
the hope of the ungodly is like thistledown*
carried by the wind,
and like a light frost*
driven away by a storm;
it is dispersed like smoke before the
wind,
and it passes like the remembrance of a guest who stays but
a day.
But the righteous live for ever,
and their reward is with
the Lord;
the Most High takes care of them.
Therefore they
will receive a glorious crown
and a beautiful diadem from the hand
of the Lord,
because with his right hand he will cover them,
and
with his arm he will shield them.
The Word of the
Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Canticle 15
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.
Reading
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw
the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice
from the throne saying,
‘See, the home*
of God is among mortals.
He will dwell*
with them;
they will be his peoples,*
and
God himself will be with them;*
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no
more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for
the first things have passed away.’
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honour of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practises abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Then the angel* showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life* with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants* will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign for ever and ever.
The Word of the
Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Canticle 17
Lord, you now
have set your servant free *
to go in peace as
you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *
whom you have prepared for all the world to
see:
A Light to enlighten the nations, *
and the glory of your people Israel.
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.
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
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
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.
Save
us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For
the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for
ever. Amen.
Show us your mercy, O Lord;
And grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon earth;
Your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
Collect of the Day: All Saints’
O Almighty God, who have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those indescribable joys which you have prepared for those who truly love you: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
A Collect for Protection
Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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 everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray now for our own needs and those of others.
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Glory
to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can
ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the
Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians
3:20,21