Morning Prayer: May 18th, 2026

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 149Jeremiah 22Acts 14 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: --> VenitePsalm 95:1-7; 96:9,13 O come, let us sing to the Lord;* let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving* and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.   For the Lord is a great God,* and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth,* and the heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his, for he made it,* and his hands have molded the dry land.   O come, let us worship and bow down,* and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God,* and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,* do not harden your heart as in the rebellion.   O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;* let the whole earth stand in awe of him. For he comes, for he comes to judge the earth* and with righteousness to judge the world and the peoples in his faithfulness.   Psalter The appointed Psalm is read together Psalm 149 1  Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, * his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2  Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; * let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. 3  Let them praise his name with dancing, * and sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre. 4  For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; * he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5  Let the saints rejoice in glory; * let them sing for joy on their beds. 6  Let the praises of God be in their mouths * and a double-edged sword in their hands, 7  to execute vengeance on the nations * and punishments among the peoples, 8  to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron, * to carry out on them the judgment written. 9  This is an honor for all his saints. * Praise the LORD. † Composite   After the Psalm, the Officiant begins 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.   The Lessons A reading of the appointed lessons Jeremiah 22 22 Thus says the LORD: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, 2 and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah,