Morning Prayer for Tuesday 3.10.26

Today the church recognizes as our Saint of the day, Harriett Ross Tubman, a Social Reformer who died in 1913. Here is a link to our liturgy: Morning Prayer 3.10.26, Harriet Ross Tubman, Social Reformer, 1931 | Daily Office Network

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Good morning and welcome. I'm Father Tom Royd, the vicar of the Daily Office Network. The Daily Office Network is a community of Christians from several different faith traditions in several different countries. We come together on a daily basis to pray morning prayer. We use the 1979 Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer as our guide. We mix in artwork, a news story, we have a video at the end. All are welcome here, where we do our best to exercise tolerance and decency with one another. Now let's settle in and begin morning prayer. Today is the 10th of March 2026. In the life of the church, we celebrate Harriet Ross Tubman, a social reformer who died in the year 1931. If you're looking for our podcast, search on Apple or Spotify using keywords Daily Office Network. There's also a couple of links here on our homepage where you can click on those and it'll take you to the podcast. Let's begin. Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? Our recognized saint today, Harriet Tubman, had been approved to replace Andrew Jackson on the$20 bill. This was to have occurred in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of women's suffrages, which was in 2020. However, in 2017, shortly after taking office, the Trump administration publicly criticized the plan, calling it, quote, political correctness, unquote. The Treasury Department repeatedly delayed this project. However, currency redesigns may take many years and no firm release date has been set. The measure was supported by President Biden, but now that the Trump administration is back in power, if the change were to occur, it would still be many years out and after the current administration is gone. I'll lead us in the confession of sin. I'll ask Mother Angel to pronounce absolution. After which I'll ask John R. to lead us in the invitatory and the Psalter. First, the confession of sin. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ. Have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways to the glory of your name. Amen.

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Almighty God, have mercy on you. Forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, keep you in eternal life. Amen. Amen.

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Lord, open our lips.

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And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

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Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Come, let us sing to the Lord. Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before God's presence with thanksgiving and raise to the Lord a shout for songs. For you are a great God. You are great above all gods. In your hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are yours also. The sea is yours for you made it. And your hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down and bend the knee and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For you are our God, and we are the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand. Oh, that today we would hearken to your voice.

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Thank you, John. Our psalm this morning is a portion of Psalm number 78, verses 1 through 39. I'm going to ask Jill and Martha to lead our psalm. Jill, would you start?

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Hear my teaching, O my people. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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I will open my mouth in a parable. I will declare the miseries of ancient times.

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That which we have known, heard, and known, and what our ancestors have told us, we will not hide from their children.

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We will return to generations to come to praise white deeds and the power of the Lord and the wonderful works God has done.

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God set up decrees for Jacob and established a law for Israel, commanding them to teach it to their children.

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That the generations to come might know, and the children yet on born, that they in their time might tell it to their children.

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So that they put their trust in God and not forget the deeds of God but keep God's commandments.

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And not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow, turned back in the day of battle. They forgot what God had done and the wonder shown to them.

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God worked marvelous in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt in the field of Zoe.

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God split open the sea and let them pass through, making the waters stand up like walls. God split the hard rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as from the great deep.

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But is God able to give bread or to provide meat for this people?

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Hearing this, the Lord was full of wrath. A fire kindled against Jacob. The Lord's anger mounted against Israel.

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But he had no fear in God, nor did they put their trust in the Lord's saving power.

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So God commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven. So mortals ate the bread of angels. God provided for them food enough.

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God caused the east wind to blow in the heavens and mightily laid out the south wind.

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God rained down flesh upon them like dust and winged birds like the sand of the sea. So they ate and were well filled. For the Lord gave them what they craved.

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All the food was still in their mouths.

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So God's anger mounted against them. God slew their strongest and laid low the youth of Israel.

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In spite of all this, they went on sinning and had no faith in God's wonderful works.

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So God brought their days to an end like a breath and their years in sudden terror.

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Whenever God slew them, they would repent.

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They would diligently search for God. They would remember that God was their rock and the most high God their Redeemer.

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But they flatter God with their mouths and lie to God with their tongues.

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And they were not faithful to the covenant.

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But being so merciful, God forgave their sins and did not destroy them. Many times God held back anger and did not permit divine wrath to be roused.

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A breath that goes forth and does not return.

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Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.

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Amen. Thank you, Jill and Martha. That was a great reading. Like the colors in this painting. This is by Charles Deven and Joseph greets his brothers. Chad, would you lead this?

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Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, Send everyone away from me. So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? But his brothers could not answer him. So dismayed were they in his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come closer to me. And they came closer. He said, I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life, for the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are five more years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me Lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty. And now your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my own mouth that speaks to you. You must tell my father how greatly I am honored in Egypt and all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here. Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, while Benjamin wept upon his neck, and he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them, and after that his brothers talked with him. The word of the Lord.

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Thanks be to God. Thank you, Chad. That was a great reading. Our first canticle is a song of praise, Mother Angel.

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Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers. You are worthy of praise. Glory to you. Glory to you for the radiance of your holy name. We will praise you and highly exalt you forever. Glory to you in the splendor of your temple on the throne of your majesty. Glory to you. Glory to you, seated between the cherubim. We will praise you and highly exalt you forever. Glory to you, beholding the dead in the high vault of heaven. Glory to you. Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We will praise you and highly exalt you forever.

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Thank you, Mother Angel. That was beautiful. Just a backcountry road. Showing a church on a country lane in Sherman, West Virginia. Our next reading is from First Corinthians chapter seven, verse thirty-two through forty. Paul, would you lead this?

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I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world. How to please his wife and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord. If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly towards his fiance, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes. It is no sin. Let them marry. But if someone stands firm in his resolve, being under no necessity but having his own desire under control and has determined in his own mind to keep her as his fiance, he will do well. So then, he who marries his fiancee does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do better. A wife is bound as long as her husband lives, but if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord. But in my judgment, she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God. The word of the Lord.

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Thanks be to God. Thank you, Paul. That was a great reading. Our next canticle is a song to the lamb. Mother Ungel, would you lead this one as well?

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Splendor and honor and kingly power are yours by right, O Lord our God. For you created everything that is, and by your will they were created, and have their being, and yours by right, O Lamb that was slain, for with your blood you have redeemed for God from every family, language, people, and nation, a kingdom and of priests to serve our God, and so to him who sits upon the throne, and to Christ the Lamb, be worship and praise, dominion and splendor forever and forevermore. Splendor and honor and kingly power are yours by right, oh Lord of God.

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Thank you, Mother Angel. This is Christ sending out the disciples two by two by James Tusot. It's from eighteen ninety-six and it's in the Brooklyn Museum's possession. Our reading is from Mark chapter six, verses one through thirteen. Deacon Elizabeth, would you lead this?

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Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who had him were astounded. They said, Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his sons? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin and in their own house. And he could do no need no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them, and he was amazed at the unbelief. Then he went about among the villages, teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff, no bread, no bag, no money in their bells, but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them, Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you, and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that's on your feet as a testimony against them. So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. They cast out many demons and anointed with oil many. who were sick and cured them. The word of the Lord.

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Thanks be to God. Thank you, Deacon. And now the apostle's creed. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried, he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again, he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The prayers begin with our Lord's Prayer. Robert, would you lead us in the Lord's Prayer and then we'll read the suffrages?

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The Lord be with you and also with you. Let us pray. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.

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Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance. Govern and uphold them now and always day by day we bless you.

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We praise your name forever.

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Lord keep us from all sin today.

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Have mercy on us Lord have mercy.

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Lord show us your love and mercy.

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For we put our trust in you in you Lord is our hope. And we shall never hope in vain.

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Thank you Robert Our Saint of the Day I have to say I like this portrait of Harriet better than I do the one that we used at the top for the$20 bill. Born a slave in 1820 Harriet Tubman escaped to Canada at the age of 24, but returned to the United States to lead more than 300 people to freedom in small groups through the woods at night. In the Civil War she led 300 black soldiers on a raid which freed 750 slaves. She was the first woman to lead U.S. troops into battle Harriet Tubman our saint of the day and now two prayers the colic of the day for Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross Tubman, a social reformer who died in the year 1913 and a collect for the nation. Deacon Diana, would you lead us in these two prayers?

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O God, whose spirit guides us into all truth and makes us free strengthen and sustain us as you did your daughter Harriet. Give us vision and courage to stand against oppression and injustice and all that works against the glorious liberty to which you call all your children through Jesus Christ our Savior who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever Amen. Lord God Almighty you have made all the peoples of the earth for your glory to serve you in freedom and in peace. Give to your people of our countries a zeal for justice and the strength of forbearance that we may use our liberty in accordance with your gracious will through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever Amen.

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Amen. Thank you deacon and now it's time for our weekly report on military news called They Have Names it was started in 2007 by our late honorary deacon Clint Gillilan the retired Navy medic. They have names our service members at home and abroad they're in danger from the minute that they take the oath of office we tell of their heroism and if there are casualties we speak their names we pray for all of them and we pray to God for peace at every nation. And here's where things stand this week as we know there were casualties in the conflict with Iran where the US bombed several locations and Iran retaliated. Photographs of the first four from left to right above are Captain Cody Korick, 35 of Winter Haven, Florida, Sergeant First Class Noah Tijans, 42 of Bellevue, Nebraska, Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore, 39 of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and Sergeant Declan Cody, 20 of West Des Moines, Iowa. Also there are two more below is Major Jeffrey O'Brien 45 of Waukee, Iowa. That's Major O'Brien right there. There's one more but I'll show you his picture at the end here. All of the above were killed in action in Operation Epic Fury, which was launched on Saturday, February the 28th. U.S. Central Command said the death toll from Operation Epic Fury has risen to six after a service member who was seriously wounded during Iran's initial attacks later succumbed to their injuries. CENTCOM said major combat operations are ongoing and are reporting our numbers our numbers are fluid. Officials reiterated that additional personnel have sustained injuries of varying severity, with some returning to duty as they recover. CENTCOM also announced that Chief Warrant Officer III Robert M. Marzon, 54 years old of Sacramento, California, who is pictured below, is believed to be the sixth soldier who perished at the scene in Kuwait and that positive identification will be done by a medical examiner. However, Chief Warrant Officer III Marzon's brother Vic Marzon said in a statement My brother died for our country. He was a lifetime serviceman. He loved his family and his country so we have six soldiers who have died in the combat so far these four the one on the right being the youngest at 20 years old. This one Major O'Brien and this one Chief Warrant Officer 3 Marzon they have names we pray for those that we love on active duty and we specifically mention Logan Arnold Dudley Raleigh Janelle Amanda and Rob also Father David a chaplain who is serving we pray for those in the armed forces of our countries Almighty God we commend to your gracious care and keeping all of the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad defend them day by day with your heavenly grace. Strengthen them in their trials and their temptations give them courage to face the perils which beset them and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen and a collect for peace O God the author of peace and the lover of concord, to know you as eternal life, to serve you as perfect freedom, defend us your humble servants in all assaults of our enemies, that we surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. And that's our report for they have names let's remember to pray for all of our service members, their families and friends, and support those who keep the home fires burning.

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Almighty God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ to reconcile the world to yourself. We praise and bless you for those whom you have sent in the power of the Spirit to preach the gospel to all nations. We thank you that in all parts of the earth a community of love has been gathered together by their prayers and labors and that in every place your servants call upon your name for the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours for ever. Amen.

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Let us bless the Lord thanks be to God. Now go in safety for you cannot go where God is not. Go in love for love alone endures and go in peace for that is God's gift to those whose hearts and minds are in his son Jesus. And God's blessing be with you. Christ's peace be with you the Spirit's outpouring be with you now and always Amen. Amen and that is morning prayer on this Tuesday where we celebrated Harriet Tubman thank you God for the life of Harriet. Wherever you go today take that love of Jesus that lives inside of your heart shine that Jesus in the world show that Jesus to others many need that Jesus right now hope to see you back safe and sound with us tomorrow.