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