Thursday
Evening
All that is true, all that is noble,
all that is just and pure,
all that is lovable and attractive,
whatever is excellent and admirable –
fill your thoughts with these things.
Philippians 4: 8
2 Collect of the Day Daily Prayer
3 Song of Praise
1 Praise to the Lord, the God of Israel!
For he has turned to his people
and set them free.
2 He has raised for us a strong deliverer
from the house of his servant David.
3 So he promised:
age after age he proclaimed
by the lips of his holy prophets,
4 that he would deliver us from our enemies,
out of the hands of all who hate us;
5 that, calling to mind his solemn covenant,
he would deal mercifully with our fathers.
6 This was the oath he swore
to our father Abraham,
to rescue us from enemy hands
and set us free from fear,
7 so that we might worship in his presence
in holiness and righteousness
our whole life long.
8 And you, my child,
will be called Prophet of the Most High,
for you will be the Lord’s forerunner,
to prepare his way
9 and lead his people to a knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins:
10 for in the tender compassion of our God
the dawn of heaven will break upon us,
11 to shine on those who live in darkness,
under the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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.
4 Psalm(s) said or sung
6 Silence
7 Song of Praise
1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for the first heaven
and the first earth had vanished
and there was no longer any sea.
2 I saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
made ready like a bride
adorned for her husband.
3 I saw no temple in the city,
for its temple was the sovereign Lord God
and the Lamb.
4 The city did not need
the sun or the moon to shine on it,
for the glory of God gave it light,
and its lamp was the Lamb.
5 By its light shall the nations walk,
and to it the kings of the earth
shall bring their splendour.
6 The gates of the city shall never be shut by day,
nor will there be any night there.
7 The splendour and wealth of the nations
shall be brought into it,
but nothing unclean shall enter,
nor anyone whose ways are foul or false;
only those shall enter
whose names are inscribed
in the Lamb’s book of life.
8 The throne of God and of the Lamb
will be there,
and his servants shall worship him;
9 they shall see him face to face
and bear his name on their foreheads.
10 There shall be no more night,
nor will they need the light of lamp or sun,
11 for the Lord God will give them light;
and they shall reign for ever.
12 Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom,
thanksgiving and honour,
13 power and might,
be to our God for ever! Amen.
9 Thanksgivings and
Intercessions
Prayers for the season
10 Final Collect
Lord Christ,
we are strangers and pilgrims on the earth,
disconcerted by the world's violence
and its sorrow,
distracted by our inward doubts and fears.
Wherever we are on this day's journey,
breathe on us your gentle Spirit,
that we may be oases
of quietness and refreshment,
bringing to your uneasy world
reconciliation and peace. Amen.
Lighten our darkness, we pray, Lord;
and by your mercy defend us
from all perils and dangers of this night;
for the love of your only Son,
our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
11 Conclusion
Praise and honour, glory and might,
to him who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb for ever and ever!
Amen.
Extracts from the Book of Common Order of the Church of Scotland 2nd ed. 1996 ISBN 0 7152 0721 0 © Panel on Worship of the Church of Scotland 1994
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