Morning Prayer Week of May 3, 2021
Easter Season 2021 The Great 50 Days
Welcome, where best intentions to pray meet commitment.
Here you will find a structure of the daily office with a variety of morning prayers to pray throughout the week. Experience the benefits of a disciplined prayer time with videos, Monday through Saturday, posted each week.
If being committed to prayer describes you, be sure to let us know that you, too, have moved from intention to commitment and are praying with us.
Please right-click on the date to pull up a pdf in a different tab if you would like to read along.
A video version of morning prayer is available on Facebook, and is linked to YouTube below.
Audio and video versions are available at 12:00am on given date.
Saturday May 8
Commemoration: JULIAN OF NORWICH
Prayers for a sick person, for those who live alone, prayer attributed to Francis of Assisi.
Hebrew Reading: Wisdom 19:1-8,18-22 CEB
Gospel: Luke 9:1-17 CEB
Friday May 7
Prayer for the health of body and soul, for guidance, collect of the week.
Hebrew Reading: Wisdom 16:15-17:1 CEB
Gospel: Luke 8:40-56 CEB
Thursday May 6
Prayers for health of body and soul, for families, for the unemployed.
Hebrew Reading: Wisdom 14:27-15:3 CEB
Gospel: Luke 8:26-39 CEB
Wednesday May 5
Commemoration: Olof Gustav Hedström
Prayers for recovery of sickness, for the future of the human race, for agriculture.
Hebrew Reading: Wisdom 13:1-9 CEB
Tuesday May 4
Commemoration: Monica
Prayers for those who mourn, for times of conflict, for social service.
Hebrew Reading: Wisdom 10:1-21 CEB
Gospel: Luke 8:1-15 CEB
Monday, May 3
Commemoration: Thomas Coke
Prayer for strength and confidence, for social justice, for harvest of lands and water.
Hebrew Reading: Wisdom 9:1, 7-18 CEB
Gospel: Luke 7:36-50 CEB