Morning Prayer Week of October 18
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.
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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 Oct 23
COMMEMORATION: James of Jerusalem
Prayers for a sick person, for the aged, for the right use of God’s gifts.
New Testament: Philemon 1-25 NRSV
Psalm: 32
Gospel: Matthew 12:33-42 NRSV
Friday Oct 22
Commemoration: Fred Pratt Green
Prayer for recovery of sickness, for prisons and correctional institutions, for future of the human race.
New Testament: 1 Corinthians 16:10-24 NRSV
Psalm: 31
Gospel: Matthew 12:22-32 NRSV
Thursday Oct 21
Prayer for health of body and soul, for families, for the oppressed.
New Testament: 1 Corinthians 16:1-9 NRSV
Psalm: 37:1-18
Gospel: Matthew 12:15-21 NRSV
Wednesday Oct 20
Prayer for recovery of sickness, for the poor and neglected, for the harvest of lands and waters.
Hebrew Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 NRSV
Psalm: 38
Gospel: Matthew 12:1-14 NRSV
Tuesday Oct 19
Commemoration: Henry Martyn
Prayers for those who mourn, for rain, for towns and rural areas.
New Testament: 1 Corinthians 15:41-50 NRSV
Psalm: 26
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 NRSV
Monday Oct 18
Prayers for strength and confidence, for cities, for conservation of natural resources.
New Testament: 1 Corinthians 15:30-41 NRSV
Psalm: 25
Gospel: Matthew 11:16-24 NRSV
