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 31
Prayers for strength and confidence, for the congregation, for times of conflict.
Hebrew Reading: 2 Samuel 5:22 – 6:11 NRSV
Psalm: 76
Gospel: Mark 8:1-10 NRSV
Friday Jul 30
COMMEMORATION: Susanna Wesley
Prayers for a sick person, for The Greater NJ Conference, for social justice.
Hebrew Reading: 2 Samuel 5:1-12 CEV
Psalm: 69:1-23, 31-38
Gospel: Mark 7:24-37 NRSV
Thursday July 29
COMMEMORATION: Mary, Martha and Lazarus
Prayer for recovery of sickness, for clergy and people, for the renewal of life.
Hebrew Reading: 2 Samuel 4:1-12 CEV
Psalm: 70
Gospel: Mark 7:1-23 NRSV
Wednesday July 28
COMMEMORATION: Johann Sebastian Bach,
George Frederick Handel, and Henry Purcell
Prayers for health of body and soul, for those in armed forces, for the mission of the church.
Hebrew Reading: 2 Samuel 3:22-39 NRSV
Psalm: 72
Gospel: Mark 6:47-56 NRSV
Tuesday July 27
Prayers for recovery of sickness, for local government, for the church.
Hebrew Reading: 2 Samuel 3:6-21 NRSV
Psalm: 61
Gospel: Mark 6:30-46 NRSV
Monday July 26
Prayer for those who mourn, for enemies, for sound government.
Hebrew Reading: 2 Samuel 2:1-11 NRSV
Psalm: 56
Gospel: Mark 6:14-29 NRSV