{"id":4416,"date":"2020-05-21T21:18:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=4416"},"modified":"2025-12-12T01:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:36:56","slug":"evening-prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/evening-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"83\" class=\"wp-image-434\" style=\"width: 200px;\" alt=\"Daily Prayer\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Evening Prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prayerfulness is deeply a part of you: in body, mind and spirit.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start with:<br><\/strong>In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Be still. Take a moment to reflect and find quietness.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Recall how the Lord loves you, and is present with you; inviting you to prayer. Recall times you needed to be better. Recall the blessings you have in your life. Bring into your thoughts loved ones, family, friends; anyone who needs your kindness, forgiveness, love.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Offer yourself, your life, your prayer&#8230;&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To you I dedicate my day and my life<\/strong><br>My Lord, I give to you<br>every moment of my day;<br>every moment of my life.<br>I am filled with such joy knowing you watch ever me,<br>blessing every beat of my heart and every breath I take.<br>Give me the privilege to serve you this day, and<br>please accept my dedication to you of all that I am.<br>I ask you this in the name of Jesus, our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer of Love<\/strong><br>Heavenly Father, I thank you for your great love,<br>that you have revealed to me in your Son, Jesus,<br>and have poured into my heart by the Holy Spirit.<br>Be close to me Father, and help me.<br>I ask you this in the name of Jesus, our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Scripture readings: <\/strong><em>you could chose one or more passages to read each day.<\/em><br>Follow and reflect on the Sunday Scripture readings, \u2026&nbsp;<strong>Sunday readings <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-reading\/\">page\u2026<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><br><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em>Or choose and reflect one or all of the following readings:<\/em><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<style>\n    #WeekDay { text-align: left; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; color: #0033CC; margin-bottom: 1em; }\n    .section-title { font-weight: bold; color: #0033CC; margin-top: 0.5em; }\n    .section-subtitle { font-style: italic; color: #555; margin-bottom: 0.5em; }\n    .section-text { text-align: justify; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 1em; }\n  <\/style>\n\n\n  <div id=\"WeekDay\"><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"Title1\" class=\"section-title\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"Title1.1\" class=\"section-subtitle\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"main-text1\" class=\"section-text\"><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"Title2\" class=\"section-title\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"Title2.1\" class=\"section-subtitle\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"main-text2\" class=\"section-text\"><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"Title3\" class=\"section-title\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"Title3.1\" class=\"section-subtitle\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"main-text3\" class=\"section-text\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n  <script>\n    const weekDays = [\"Sunday\", \"Monday\", \"Tuesday\", \"Wednesday\", \"Thursday\", \"Friday\", \"Saturday\"];\n\n    const dailyContent = [\n\n    \/\/ Sunday\n      {\n        title1: \"The First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 12:4-11\", subtitle1: \"The variety and the unity of gifts\", text1: \"There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit;  there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord ; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose. One may have the gift of preaching with wisdom given him by the Spirit; another may have the gift of preaching instruction given him by the same Spirit; and another the gift of faith given by the same Spirit; another again the gift of healing, through this one Spirit; one, the power of miracles; another, prophecy; another the gift of recognising spirits; another the gift of tongues and another the ability to interpret them. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who distributes different gifts to different people just as he chooses.\",\n\n        title2: \"Psalm 113b (Psalm 115 in the Hebrew text)\", subtitle2: \"Not to us, Lord, not to us,\\nbut to your name give the glory\\nfor the sake of your love and your truth,\\nlest the heathen say: \u201cWhere is their God?\u201d\\n\\nBut our God is in the heavens;\\nhe does whatever he wills.\\nTheir idols are silver and gold,\\nthe work of human hands.\\n\\nThey have mouths but they cannot speak;\\nthey have eyes but they cannot see;\\nthey have ears but they cannot hear;\\nthey have nostrils but they cannot smell.\\n\\nWith their hands they cannot feel;\\nwith their feet they cannot walk.\\nNo sound comes from their throats.\\nTheir makers will come to be like them\\nand so will all who trust in them.\\n\\nSons of Israel, trust in the Lord;\\nhe is their help and their shield.\\nSons of Aaron, trust in the Lord;\\nhe is their help and their shield.\\n\\nYou who fear him, trust in the Lord;\\nhe is their help and their shield.\\nHe remembers us, and he will bless us;\\nhe will bless the sons of Israel.\\nHe will bless the sons of Aaron.\\n\\nThe Lord will bless those who fear him,\\nthe little no less than the great:\\nto you may the Lord grant increase,\\nto you and all your children.\\n\\nMay you be blessed by the Lord,\\nthe maker of heaven and earth.\\nThe heavens belong to the Lord\\nbut the earth he has given to men.\\n\\nThe dead shall not praise the Lord,\\nnor those who go down into the silence.\\nBut we who live bless the Lord\\nnow and for ever. Amen.\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of John 15:9-12\", subtitle3: \"Remain in my love\", text3: \"Jesus said:\\nAs the Father has loved me,\\nso I have loved you.\\nRemain in my love.\\nIf you keep my commandments\\nyou will remain in my love,\\njust as I have kept my Father\u2019s commandments\\nand remain in his love.\\nI have told you this\\nso that my own joy may be in you\\nand your joy be complete.\\nThis is my commandment\\nlove one another,\\nas I have loved you.\"\n      },\n\n    \/\/ Monday\n      {\n        title1: \"The letter of St Paul to the Colossians 1:9-14\", subtitle1: \"Thanksgiving and prayer\", text1: \"That will explain why, ever since the day he told us, we have never failed to pray for you, and what we ask God is that through perfect wisdom and spiritual understanding you should reach the fullest knowledge of his will. So you will be able to lead the kind of life which the Lord expects of you, a life acceptable to him in all its aspects; showing the results in all the good actions you do and increasing your knowledge of God. You will have in you the strength, based on his own glorious power, never to give in, but to bear anything joyfully, thanking the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light.\\nBecause that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.\",\n\n        title2: \"Psalm 14(15)\", subtitle2: \"Moral code of as good man.\", text2: \"Lord, who shall be admitted to your tent\\nand dwell on your holy mountain?\\n\\nHe who walks without fault;\\nhe who acts with justice\\nand speaks the truth from his heart;\\nhe who does not slander with his tongue;\\n\\nHe who does no wrong to his brother,\\nwho casts no slur on his neighbor,\\nwho holds the godless in disdain,\\nbut honours those who fear the Lord;\\n\\nhe who keeps his pledge, come what may;\\nwho takes no interest on a loan\\nand accepts no bribes against the innocent.\\nSuch a man will stand firm forever.\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of John 8:12\", subtitle3: \"Jesus, the light of the world\", text3: \"When Jesus spoke to the people again, he said:\\n\u2018I am the light of the world;\\nanyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark;\\nhe will have the light of life\u2019.\"\n      },\n\n    \/\/ Tuesday\n      {\n        title1: \"The letter of St Paul to the Romans 3:21-26\", subtitle1: \"The revelation of God\u2019s justice\", text1: \"God\u2019s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God\u2019s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith. In this way God makes his justice known; first, for the past, when sins went unpunished because he held his hand, then, for the present age, by showing positively that he is just, and that he justifies everyone who believes in Jesus.\",\n\n        title2: \"Psalm 50(51)\", subtitle2: \"Unshakable faith: a pilgrimage song.\", text2: \"Those who put their trust in the Lord\\nare like Mount Zion, that cannot be shaken,\\nthat stands for ever.\\n\\nJerusalem! The mountains surround her,\\nso the Lord surrounds his people\\nboth now and for ever.\\n\\nFor the scepter of the wicked shall not rest\\nover the land of the just\\nfor fear that the hands of the just\\nshould turn to evil.\\n\\nDo good, Lord, to those who are good,\\nto the upright of heart;\\nbut the crooked and those who do evil,\\ndrive them away!\\n\\nOn Israel, peace!\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of Luke 4:16-22\", subtitle3: \"Jesus at Nazareth\", text3: \"He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:\\n\\nThe spirit of the Lord has been given to me,\\nfor he has anointed me.\\nHe has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,\\nto proclaim liberty to captives\\nand to the blind new sight,\\nto set the downtrodden free,\\nto proclaim the Lord\u2019s year of favour. (Is. 61:1-2)\\n\\nHe then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to speak to them, \u2018This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen\u2019. And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips.\"\n      },\n\n    \/\/ Wednesday\n      {\n        title1: \"The letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 3:14-21\", subtitle1: \"A hymn to God\u2019s love\", text1: \"This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name:\\nOut of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.\\nGlory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.\",\n\n        title2: \"Psalm 66(67)\", subtitle2: \"Harvest song\", text2: \"O God, be gracious and bless us\\nand let your face shed its light upon us.\\nSo will your ways be known upon earth\\nand all nations learn your saving help.\\n\\nLet the peoples praise you, O God;\\nlet all the peoples praise you.\\n\\nLet the nations be glad and exult\\nfor you rule the world with justice.\\nWith fairness you rule the peoples,\\nyou guide the nations on earth.\\n\\nLet the peoples praise you, O God;\\nlet all the peoples praise you.\\n\\nThe earth has yielded its fruit\\nfor God, our God, has blessed us.\\nMay God still give us his blessing\\ntill the ends of the earth revere him.\\n\\nLet the people praise you, O God;\\nlet all the peoples prause you.\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of John 17:20-23\", subtitle3: \"May they all be one\", text3: \"Jesus continued to pray:\\n\u2018I pray not only for these,\\nbut for those also\\nwho through their words will believe in me.\\nMay they all be one.\\nFather, may they be one in us,\\nas you are in me and I am in you,\\nso that the world may believe it was you who sent me.\\nI have given them the glory you gave to me,\\nthat they may be one as we are one.\\nWith me in them and you in me,\\nmay they be so completely one\\nthat the world will realise that it was you who sent me\\nand that I have loved them as much as you loved me.\u2019\"\n      },\n\n    \/\/ Thursday\n      {\n        title1: \"The letter of St Paul to the Philippians 2:5-11\", subtitle1: \"Be the same as Christ Jesus\", text1: \"In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus:\\nHis state was divine,\\nyet he did not cling\\nto his equality with God\\nbut emptied himself\\nto assume the condition of a slave,\\nand became as men are;\\nand being as all men are,\\nhe was humbler yet,\\neven to accepting death,\\ndeath on a cross.\\nBut God raised him high\\nand gave him the name\\nwhich is above all other names\\nso that all beings\\nin the heavens, on earth and in the underworld,\\nshould bend the knee at the name of Jesus\\nand that every tongue should acclaim\\nJesus Christ as Lord,\\nto the glory of God the Father.\",\n\n        title2: \"Psalm 29(30)\", subtitle2: \"Thanksgiving for recovery from sickness.\", text2: \"I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me\\nand have not let my enemies rejoice over me.\\n\\nO Lord, I cried to you for help\\nand you, my God, have healed me.\\nO Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead,\\nrestored me to life from those who sink into the grave.\\n\\nSing psalms to the Lord, you who love him,\\ngive thanks to his holy name.\\nHis anger lasts a moment; his favor all through life.\\nAt night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn.\\n\\nI said to myself in my good fortune:\\n\u201cNothing will ever disturb me.\u201d\\nYour favor had set me on a mountain fastness,\\nthen you hid your face and I was put to confusion.\\n\\nTo you, Lord, I cried,\\nto my God I made appeal:\\n\u201cWhat profit would my death be, my going to the grave?\\nCan dust give you praise or proclaim your truth?\\n\\nThe Lord listened and had pity.\\nThe Lord came to my help.\\nFor me you have changed my mourning into dancing,\\nyou removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.\\n\\nSo my soul sings psalms to you unceasingly.\\nO Lord my God, I will thank you for ever.\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of John 10:25-30\", subtitle3: \"The Father and I are one.\", text3: \"Jesus replied:\\n\u2018I have told you, but you do not believe.\\nThe works I do in my Father\u2019s name are my witness;\\nbut you do not believe,\\nbecause you are no sheep of mine.\\nThe sheep that belong to me listen to my voice;\\nI know them and they follow me.\\nI give them eternal life;\\nthey will never be lost\\nand no one will ever steal them from me.\\nThe Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone,\\nand no one can steal from the Father.\\nThe Father and I are one.\u2019\"\n      },\n\n    \/\/ Friday\n      {\n        title1: \"The First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 2:7-10\", subtitle1: \"The hidden wisdom of God.\", text1: \"The hidden wisdom of God which we teach in our mysteries is the wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory before the ages began. lt is a wisdom that none of the masters of this age have ever known, or they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory; we teach what scripture calls: the things that no eye has seen and no ear has heard, things beyond the mind of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him. These are the very things that God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit reaches the depths of everything, even the depths of God.\",\n        title2: \"Psalm 114(116)\", subtitle2: \"Prayer of a man saved from  death.\", text2: \"Alleluia!\\n\\nI love the Lord for he has heard\\nthe cry of my appeal;\\nfor he turned his ear to me\\nin the day when I called him.\\n\\nThey surrounded me, the snares of death,\\nwith the anguish of the tomb;\\nthey caught me, sorrow and distress.\\nI called on the Lord\u2019s name.\\n\\nO Lord, my God, deliver me!\\n\\nHow gracious is the Lord, and just;\\nour God has compassion.\\nThe Lord protects the simple hearts;\\nI was helpless so he saved me.\\n\\nTurn back, my soul, to your rest\\nfor the Lord has been good;\\nhe has kept my soul from death,\\n(my eyes from tears)\\nand my feet from stumbling.\\n\\nI will walk in the presence of the Lord\\nin the land of the living.\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of Luke 23:39-46\", subtitle3: \"Today you will be with me in paradise.\", text3: \"One of the criminals hanging there abused him. \u2018Are you not the Christ?\u2019 he said. \u2018Save yourself and us as well.\u2019 But the other spoke up and rebuked him. \u2018Have you no fear of God at all?\u2019 he said. \u2018You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,\u2019 he said \u2018remember me when you come into your kingdom.\u2019 \u2018Indeed, I promise you,\u2019 he replied \u2018today you will be with me in paradise.\u2019\\nIt was now about the sixth hour and, with the sun eclipsed, a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. The veil of the Temple was torn right down the middle; and when Jesus had cried out in a loud voice, he said, \u2018Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.\u2019 With these words he breathed his last.\"\n      },\n\n    \/\/ Saturday\n      {\n        title1: \"The letter to the Hebrews\", subtitle1: \"Good wishes\", text1: \"I pray that the God of peace, who brought our Lord Jesus back from the dead to become the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood that sealed an eternal covenant, may make you ready to do his will in any kind of good action; and turn us all into whatever is acceptable to himself through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen.\",\n\n        title2: \"Psalm 121(122)\", subtitle2: \"Greeting to Jerusalem: a pilrimage song\", text2: \"I rejoiced when I heard them say:\\n\u201cLet us go to God\u2019s house.\u201d\\nAnd now our feet are standing\\nwithin your gates, O Jerusalem.\\n\\nJerusalem is built as a city\\nstrongly compact.\\nIt is there that the tribes go up,\\nthe tribes of the Lord.\\n\\nFor Israel\u2019s law it is,\\nthere to praise the Lord\u2019s name.\\nThere were set the thrones of judgment\\nof the house of David.\\n\\nFor the peace of Jerusalem pray:\\n\u201cPeace be to your homes!\\nMay peace reign in your walls,\\nin your palaces, peace!\u201d\\n\\nFor love of my brethren and friends\\nI say: \u201cPeace upon you.\u201d\\nFor love of the house of the Lord\\nI will ask for your good.\",\n\n        title3: \"The Gospel of John 20:19-22\", subtitle3: \"Peace be with you.\", text3: \"In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, \u2018Peace be with you\u2019, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, \u2018Peace be with you.\\n\u2018As the Father sent me,\\nso am I sending you.\u2019\\nAfter saying this he breathed on them and said: \u2018Receive the Holy Spirit.\"\n      }\n    ];\n\n    const today = new Date();\n    const dayIndex = today.getDay(); \/\/ 0 = Sunday, 6 = Saturday\n    const content = dailyContent[dayIndex];\n\n    document.getElementById(\"WeekDay\").textContent = `Readings for: ${weekDays[dayIndex]}`;\n\n    document.getElementById(\"Title1\").textContent = content.title1;\n    document.getElementById(\"Title1.1\").textContent = content.subtitle1;\n    document.getElementById(\"main-text1\").innerHTML = content.text1.replace(\/\\n\/g, \"<br>\");\n\n    document.getElementById(\"Title2\").textContent = content.title2;\n    document.getElementById(\"Title2.1\").textContent = content.subtitle2;\n    document.getElementById(\"main-text2\").innerHTML = content.text2.replace(\/\\n\/g, \"<br>\");\n\n    document.getElementById(\"Title3\").textContent = content.title3;\n    document.getElementById(\"Title3.1\").textContent = content.subtitle3;\n    document.getElementById(\"main-text3\").innerHTML = content.text3.replace(\/\\n\/g, \"<br>\");\n  <\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayers of Intercession<br>Opening:<\/strong> God is tremendous and all God&#8217;s works are wonderful, so we pray with hope and trust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That people who search for the truth may find a deep and lasting faith in God, discovering the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the source of all life and love. Lord, hear us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For those who suffer in mind or body. Through the Holy Spirit my they experience healing and peace. Lord, hear us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For all our loved ones who have died. Living in the presence of God may they rejoice and give glory and praise for ever more. Lord, hear us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Father<\/strong> (The Lord&#8217;s Prayer) <em>See (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4)<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As children of the loving Father we say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Father, who art in heaven,<br>hallowed be thy name.<br>Thy kingdom come.<br>Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.<br>Give us this day our daily bread<br>and forgive us our trespasses<br>as we forgive those who trespass against us.<br>And lead us not into temptation,<br>but deliver us from evil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. 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