Evening Prayer

Wednesday after Lectionary 11
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The Invitatory and Psalter

O God, make speed to save us.

O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Alleluia.

O Gracious Light Phos hilaron

O gracious light,

pure brightness 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 happy voices,

O Son of God, O Giver of Life,

and to be glorified through all the worlds.

Psalm 105:1–11, 37–45 Confitemini Domino

Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name; *

make known his deeds among the peoples.

Sing to him, sing praises to him, *

and speak of all his marvelous works.

Glory in his holy Name; *

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

Search for the Lord and his strength; *

continually seek his face.

Remember the marvels he has done, *

his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,

O offspring of Abraham his servant, *

O children of Jacob his chosen.

He is the Lord our God; *

his judgments prevail in all the world.

He has always been mindful of his covenant, *

the promise he made for a thousand generations:

The covenant he made with Abraham, *

the oath that he swore to Issac,

Which he established as a statute for Jacob, *

an everlasting covenant for Israel,

Saying, “To you will I give the land of Canaan *

to be your allotted inheritance.”

He led out his people with silver and gold; *

in all their tribes there was not one that stumbled.

Egypt was glad of their going, *

because they were afraid of them.

He spread out a cloud for a covering *

and a fire to give light in the night season.

They asked, and quails appeared, *

and he satisfied them with bread from heaven.

He opened the rock, and water flowed, *

so the river ran in the dry places.

For God remembered his holy word *

and Abraham his servant.

So he led forth his people with gladness, *

his chosen with shouts of joy.

He gave his people the lands of the nations, *

and they took the fruit of others’ toil,

That they might keep his statutes *

and observe his laws.

Hallelujah!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

The Lessons

First Lesson Proverbs 4:10–27 (NRSV)

¹⁰Hear, my child, and accept my words,

that the years of your life may be many.

¹¹I have taught you the way of wisdom;

I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

¹²When you walk, your step will not be hampered;

and if you run, you will not stumble.

¹³Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;

guard her, for she is your life.

¹⁴Do not enter the path of the wicked,

and do not walk in the way of evildoers.

¹⁵Avoid it; do not go on it;

turn away from it and pass on.

¹⁶For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;

they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

¹⁹The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what they stumble over.

²⁰My child, be attentive to my words;

incline your ear to my sayings.

²¹Do not let them escape from your sight;

keep them within your heart.

²²For they are life to those who find them,

and healing to all their flesh.

²³Keep your heart with all vigilance,

for from it flow the springs of life.

²⁴Put away from you crooked speech,

and put devious talk far from you.

²⁵Let your eyes look directly forward,

and your gaze be straight before you.

²⁶Keep straight the path of your feet,

and all your ways will be sure.

²⁷Do not swerve to the right or to the left;

turn your foot away from evil.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.