Evening Prayer: May 6th, 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 49Deuteronomy 4:44-5:33Romans 8:1-32 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 49 1  Hear this, all peoples; * give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2  both earthborn and the sons of men, * rich and poor together. 3  My mouth will speak wisdom; * and the meditation of my heart understanding. 4  I will incline my ear to a parable; * I will disclose my riddle to the music of the lyre. 5  Why should I fear in the days of evil, * when the iniquity at my heel surrounds me, 6  those who trust in their power * and boast in the abundance of their riches? 7  A brother cannot redeem. Shall a man redeem? * He shall not give to God a ransom for himself nor the price for the redemption of his own soul; 8  he will toil forever * and live on to the end; 9  he will not see decay, * when he sees that even wise men die; 10  the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.