29 March 2020 4:00 P.M. Evensong (Recorded at the Cathedral of St. Philip on March 11, 2018, with the Reverend Canon C. Wallace Marsh IV and the Cathedral Schola) In this traditional season of Lent and this newer “season of social distance,” we hope that the music and prayers of this Solemn Evensong (sung Evening Prayer), recorded during Lent 2018, are a source of comfort, peace, and holy company for your soul.
Introit
music: William Bradley Roberts (b. 1947), A Prayer of John Donne words: John Donne (1572-1631)
Wilt thou forgive the sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive the sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sins their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in, a score? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when I’ve spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; Swear by thyself, that at my death thy Sun Shall shine, as it shines now, and heretofore; And, having done that, thou hast done; I fear no more.
The Opening Sentences 1
