Evening Prayer: August 16th, 2026

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Your browser does not support the audio element. Please Note: Some of our older Audio Daily Office Prayer Services may have some issues with the way that they display. If there is something you were hoping to find on this page and cannot find it, then please feel free to contact me.Thanks,-Michael Led by Fr. Michael Thorne Jarrett Today's Readings: Psalm 1161 Samuel 14:1-23Acts 6 Confession The confession is said privately. The audio file begins after confession. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. A brief silence is kept Grant your faithful people, merciful Lord, pardon and peace; that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Invitatory O = Officiant A = All OLord, open our lips. AAnd our mouth shall proclaim your praise. OO God, make speed to save us. AO Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. <!-- OPraise the Lord. AThe Lord's Name be praised. Everyone shall join in the following: --> O Gladsome LightPhos Hilaron O gladsome light of the holy glory 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 joyful voices, O Son of God, Giver of Life, and to be glorified through all the worlds. Psalter The appointed Psalm is read together Psalm 116 1 I love the LORD, for he hears my voice; * he heard my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he inclined his ear toward me, * I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me; the terrors of Sheol took hold of me; * I was overcome by distress and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: * “O LORD, deliver my soul.” 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; * our God is full of compassion. 6 The LORD preserves the simple; * I was brought low, and he saved me. 7 Return to your rest, O my soul; * for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. 8 For you have delivered my soul from death, * my eyes from tears, my feet from falling; 9 I will walk in the presence of the LORD * in the land of the living. 10 I believed, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”; *

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