Morning Prayer And Worship

It’s Tuesday in Easter Week in the Church Calendar. April 11, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing my new song “Unending Hope of Glory.” We’ll read Psalm 33:18-22 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 20:11-18 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh Tuesday in Easter Week, Rite Two - O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory;

It’s Good Friday in the Church Calendar. April 7, 2023. Praying today for Yvonne in the US. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing the African-American spiritual “Were You There?” We’ll read Psalm 22:1-11 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 19:16-24 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Paul Bennett, Afer Night. Collect of the Day - Good Friday, Rite Two - Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who n

It’s Maundy Thursday in the Church Calendar. April 6, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Communion” by Brooke Ligertwood, Scott Ligertwood, and Jason Ingram . We’ll read Psalm 116:1, 10-17 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 13:1-17, 31b-35 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Wesleyan.org Collect of the Day - Maundy Thursday, Rite Two - Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in

It’s Wednesday in Holy Week in the Church Calendar. April 5, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Michel in Lebanon. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Is He Worthy?” by Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive. We’ll read Psalm 70 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 13:21-32 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Raffaele1950 via Flickr. Collect of the Day - Wednesday in Holy Week, Rite Two - Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the g

It’s Tuesday in Holy Week in the Church Calendar. Celebrating the life Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Olivia in Mobile, Alabama, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2. We’ll read Psalm 77:11-20 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is Luke 6:27-36 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Man of Wisdom - Martin Luther King Jr, Paul Lovering Collect of the Day - Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader, 1968, Rite Two - Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slave

It’s Monday in Holy Week in the Church Calendar. April 3, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Gregor in the Netherlands. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Hosanna” by Brooke Ligertwood. We’ll read Psalm 36:5-11 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 12:1-11 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Laura Makabresku (Polish, 1987–), Intimacy of the Heart (7), 2020 Collect of the Day - Monday in Holy Week, Rite Two - Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that

It’s The Fifth Friday in Lent in the Church Calendar. We are celebrating the life of John Donne, Priest, 1631. March 31, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Jess in Pennsylvania, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “He Loves Us” by John Mark McMillan. We’ll read Psalm 16:5-11 followed by the Gloria Patri. We’ll read John Donne’s Holy Sonnet “Batter my heart, three-person'd God”. We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: John Donne, Wimperis Illustration. Collect of the Day - John Donne, Priest, 1631, Rite Two - Almighty God, the root and fountain of all being: Open our eyes to see, wit

It’s The Fifth Wednesday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 29, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for people of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “I Could Sing of Your Love Forever” by Martin Smith. We’ll read Psalm 119:145-176 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 10:1-18 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Photo: New Zealand, 2011,  Olivia Ward. Collect of the Day - Fifth Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you comman

It’s The Fifth Tuesday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 28, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Harold in North Carolina, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “To Worship You” by Harold Greene and me. We’ll read Psalms 121, 122, 123 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 9:18-41 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Photo: New Zealand, 2011,  Olivia Ward. Collect of the Day - Fifth Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you

It’s The Fifth Monday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 27, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Steven in Canada. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful” by Keith Green. We’ll read Psalm 31 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 9:1-17 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: William Henry Holmes, The Maryland Fields, 1929, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collect of the Day - Fifth Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love wha

It’s The Fourth Thursday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 23, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “You Love Me” by me. We’ll read Psalm 69:1-13 followed by the Gloria Patri. We’ll say the Lord’s Prayer and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Abstracte compositie met geometrische figuren, William Gear, 1947 Collect of the Day - Fourth Sunday in Lent - Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. A

It’s The Fourth Monday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 20, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Allie in Arkansas, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “I Am Your Beloved” by Brandon Lake and Jonathan David Helser. We’ll read Psalm 89:1-18 followed by the Gloria Patri. We’ll say the Lord’s Prayer and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: William Henry Holmes, Autumn Tangle, 1920, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collect of the Day - Fourth Sunday in Lent - Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may liv

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It’s The Second Friday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 10, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Hannah in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “You’ll Come” by Brooke Ligertwood. We’ll read Psalm 69:1-23, 31-38 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 5:30-47 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Alma Thomas, Red Abstraction, 1959, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collect of the Day - Second Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and b

It’s The Second Thursday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 9, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Seth in Austin, Texas, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “I Need You Lord” by me. We’ll read Psalm 71 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 5:19-29 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Alma Thomas, The Eclipse, 1970, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Collect of the Day - Second Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent

It’s The Second Wednesday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 8, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Emily in Mobile, Alabama, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Day Over Night” by me. We’ll read Psalm 72 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 5:1-18 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Chiura Obata, El Capitán, 1931, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collect of the Day - Second Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with pen

We’re remembering Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202 in the Church Calendar. March 7, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Stacey in Tennessee, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “O Taste and See” by Brian Johnson and Jenn Johnson. We’ll read Psalm 34:1-8 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is Hebrews 10:32-39 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: fulfillingthepromises.com Collect of the Day - Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202, Rite Two - O God the King of saints, you strengthened your servants Perpetua and Felicitas and their

It’s The Second Monday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 6, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Jonathan in Arlington, Texas, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “There’s a Wideness” by Fredrick Faber and me. We’ll read Psalms 56 and 57 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 4:27-42 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: Gene Davis, Hot Beat, 1964, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collect of the Day - Second Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and b

We’re celebrating John and Charles Wesley in the Church Calendar. March 3, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Tatiana in England. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “O For a Thousand Tongues” by Charles Wesley and Lowell Mason. We’ll read Psalm 98:1-4 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is Luke 9:2-6 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: George McNeil, They Like to Dance, 1983 Collect of the Day - John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788, Rite Two - Lord God, you inspired your servants John and Charles Wesley with burning zeal for the sanctification of souls, and en

It’s The First Thursday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 2, 2023. This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday. Praying today for Manuel Montez in Houston, Texas, USA. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Always Amazing” by me. We’ll read Psalm 50 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 3:16-21 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Visit Patreon to give and support Morning Prayer monthly. Go to PayPal to give a one-time gift. Art: George Morrison, Untitled (Blue Painting), 1958 Collect of the Day - First Sunday in Lent, Rite Two - Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weakn