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 July 24

COMMEMORATION: Thomas à Kempis

Prayers for strength and confidence, for peace among the nations, for courts of justice.

Hebrew Reading:  2 Samuel 1:1-16 NRSV

Psalm 55

Gospel:  Mark 6:1-13 NRSV

Friday Jul 23

Prayers for a sick person, for peace, for Congress.

Hebrew Reading:    1 Samuel 31:1-13 NRSV

Psalm: 54

Gospel:  Mark 5:21-43 NRSV

Thursday Jul 22

Prayer for recovery of sickness, for the human family, for the President of the United States and all in Civil Authority. 

Hebrew Reading:    1 Samuel 28:3-20 NRSV

Psalm: 50

Gospel:  Mark 5:1-20 NRSV

Wednesday July 21

Prayers for health of body and soul, for all places and predicaments, for our country.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 25:23-44   NRSV

Psalm: 119:49-72

Gospel:  Mark 4:35-41   NRSV

Tuesday Jul 20

COMMEMORATION: Belle Harris Bennet

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for guidance, a litany of Thanksgiving.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 25:1-22   NRSV

Psalm: 45

Gospel:  Mark 4:21-34 NRSV

Monday July 19

COMMEMORATION: Macrina the Younger

Prayer for those who mourn, for protection, for joy in God’s creation.

Hebrew Reading:    1 Samuel 24:1-22 NRSV

Psalm: 41

Gospel:  Mark 4:1-20 NRSV

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 July 17

Commemoration:  John Coltrane

Prayers for strength and confidence, for unity of the church, for quiet confidence.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 22:1-23 NRSV

Psalm: 32

Gospel:  Mark 3:19b-35 NRSV

Friday Jul 16

Prayers for a sick person, for vocation in daily work, for the reign of Christ.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 21:1-15   NRSV

Psalm: 31

Gospel:  Mark 3:7-19a   NRSV

Thursday Jul 15

Prayer for recovery of sickness, for all baptized Christians, for victims of addiction. 

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 20:24-42 NRSV

Psalm: 37:1-18

Gospel:  Mark 2:23 – 3:6   NRSV

Wednesday July 14

Prayers for health of body and soul, prayer of St Ephrem, for self-dedication, for guidance.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 20:1-23  NRSV

Psalm: 38

Gospel:  Mark 2:13-22 NRSV

Tuesday July 13

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for in the morning, for those we love.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 19:1-18   NRSV

Psalm: 26

Gospel:  Mark 2:1-12 NRSV

Monday July 12

July 12:  Prayer for those who mourn, for a person in trouble or bereavement, for the beauty of the earth, for guidance.

Hebrew Reading:    1 Samuel 18:5-16, 27b-30 NRSV

Psalm: 25

Gospel:  Mark 1:29-45  NRSV

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 July 10

Prayers for strength and confidence, for travelers, for the aged.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 17:31-49 NRSV

Gospel:  Mark 1:14-28 NRSV

Friday July 9

Prayers for a sick person, for the care of children, for the absent.

Hebrew Reading:   1 Samuel 17:17-30 NRSV

Gospel:  Mark 1:1-13 NRSV

Thursday July 8

Prayer for recovery of sickness, for those who influence public opinion, for young persons. 

Hebrew Reading:   1 Samuel 16:14-17:11 NRSV

Gospel:  Luke 24:36-53 NRSV

Wednesday July 7

Prayers for health of body and soul, for the right use of God’s gifts, for those who live alone.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 16:1-13   CEV

Gospel:  Luke 24:12-35   CEV

Tuesday Jul 6

COMMEMORATION:  John Hus

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for prisons and correctional institutions, for families.

Hebrew Reading:  1 Samuel 15:24-35   CEV

Gospel:  Luke 23:56b-24:11    CEV

Monday July 5

Prayer for those who mourn, for the oppressed, for the future of the human race.

Hebrew Reading:    1 Samuel 15:1-3, 7-23  NRSV      

Gospel:  Luke 23:44-56a  NRSV