Commontide
Evening Prayer
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 in your Church and in 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 all your saints, entrusting one another and all our life to Christ, We entreat you, O Lord.
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These six responsive evening petitions are an Anglican adaptation of the Byzantine Litany of Supplication sung at Vespers, introduced into the Anglican Daily Office for the first time in the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.