It’s Maundy Thursday in the Church Calendar. April 6, 2023.
This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.
Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Communion” by Brooke Ligertwood, Scott Ligertwood, and Jason Ingram . We’ll read Psalm 116:1, 10-17 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 13:1-17, 31b-35 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list.
Collect of the Day – Maundy Thursday, Rite Two – Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
It’s Wednesday in Holy Week in the Church Calendar. April 5, 2023.
This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.
Praying today for Michel in Lebanon.
Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Is He Worthy?” by Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive. We’ll read Psalm 70 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 13:21-32 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list.
Collect of the Day – Wednesday in Holy Week, Rite Two – Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
It’s Tuesday in Holy Week in the Church Calendar. Celebrating the life Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 2023.
This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.
Praying today for Olivia in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2. We’ll read Psalm 77:11-20 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is Luke 6:27-36 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list.
Collect of the Day – Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader, 1968, Rite Two – Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your Church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may resist oppression in the name of your love, and may secure for all your children the blessed liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
It’s Monday in Holy Week in the Church Calendar. April 3, 2023.
This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.
Praying today for Gregor in the Netherlands.
Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “Hosanna” by Brooke Ligertwood. We’ll read Psalm 36:5-11 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 12:1-11 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list.
Collect of the Day – Monday in Holy Week, Rite Two – Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
It’s The Fifth Friday in Lent in the Church Calendar. We are celebrating the life of John Donne, Priest, 1631. March 31, 2023.
This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.
Praying today for Jess in Pennsylvania, USA.
Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “He Loves Us” by John Mark McMillan. We’ll read Psalm 16:5-11 followed by the Gloria Patri. We’ll read John Donne’s Holy Sonnet “Batter my heart, three-person’d God”. We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list.
Collect of the Day – John Donne, Priest, 1631, Rite Two – Almighty God, the root and fountain of all being: Open our eyes to see, with your servant John Donne, that whatever has any being is a mirror in which we may behold you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
It’s The Fifth Thursday in Lent in the Church Calendar. March 30, 2023.
This week we are following the Daily Office lectionary with an episode Monday through Friday.
Praying today for Keith traveling to Lebanon.
Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We’ll sing “More” by Stephanie Osorio and me. We’ll read Psalms 131 and 132 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Gospel reading is John 10:19-42 . We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list.
Collect of the Day – Fifth Sunday in Lent, Rite Two – Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
