May 17, 2023 Evening Prayer

Daily Prayer (Presbyterian Book of Common Worship)

Evening Prayer for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Sixth Wednesday of Easter / Eve of Ascension

• Opening Sentences
• Hymn to Christ the Light (Phos Hilaron)
• Thanksgiving for Light
• Psalm 141
• Psalm 45
• Gospel: Luke 12:22-31
• Old Testament: 2 Kings 2:1-15
• New Testament: Revelation 5:1-14
• Canticle: Jesus Christ Is Lord (Philippians 2:5c-11)
• Thanksgiving and Intercession
• Collect
• The Lord's Prayer ("sins")
• Dismissal

This service is adapted from The Book of Common Worship: Daily Prayer, copyright (c) 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. Scripture quotations (except the Psalms and Canticles) are from the New Revised Standard Version - Updated Edition, copyright (c) 2021 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. "Aleluya" music by JosepMonter from Pixabay.
An introduction to Daily Prayer is available here.