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Morning Prayer for Wednesday 3.25.26
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Today is a major feast day in the church as we celebrate the Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here is a link to our liturgy: Morning Prayer 3.25.26, The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary | Daily Office Network
Good morning and welcome. I'm Father Tom Roy, the Vicar of the Daily Office Network. The Daily Office Network is a community of Christians who gather 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 an artwork, a news story. We come from several different faith traditions in several different countries. We do our best here to exercise tolerance and decency with one another. Now let's settle in and begin morning prayer. Today is a major feast day in the church as it is the annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary. When Mary got told that she was carrying Jesus. Today is the 25th. It is Thursday. The Daily Office Network has been podcasting on a Monday through Friday basis now for over a month. Our podcasts are going well, and those are look like they're being well received. You can either search Daily Office Network on Apple or Spotify, or you can click on one of the links on our homepage. Let's begin. We do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. This is by Alesso Baldovinetti from 1447. It's called The Annunciation. This major feast remembers the day the angel announced to Mary that she would bear the Messiah. You are no longer strangers or sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Lord, open our lips, and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
SPEAKER_11Glory 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. Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands. Serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. You, O Lord, indeed are God. You yourself have made us, and we are yours. We are your people and the sheep of your pastor. We enter your gates with thanksgiving. We come into your courts with praise. We give thanks to you and call upon your name. For you, O Lord, are good. Your mercy is everlasting, and your faithfulness endures from age to age.
SPEAKER_01Thank you, Addie. Our psalms appointed for this morning are Psalm number 85 and Psalm number 87. And I'm going to ask Martha and Jacqueline to read our psalm. Martha, would you start?
SPEAKER_03You have been gracious to your land, O Lord. You have restored the good fortune of Jacob.
SPEAKER_02You have given the iniquity of your people and blotted out all their sins.
SPEAKER_03You have withdrawn all your fory and train yourself from your wrathful indignation.
SPEAKER_02Restore us then, O God, our Saviour. Let your anger depart from us.
SPEAKER_03Will you be displeased with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from age to age?
SPEAKER_02Will you not give us life again, that your people may rejoice in you?
SPEAKER_03Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.
SPEAKER_02I will listen, O Lord God, to what you are saying. For you are speaking peace to your faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to you.
SPEAKER_03Truly, your salvation is very near to those who fear you, that your glory be dwell in our name.
SPEAKER_02Mercy and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
SPEAKER_03Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
SPEAKER_02O Lord, you will indeed grant prosperity, and our land will yield its increase. On the holy mountain stands the city God has founded. Behold Philistia, Tyre and Ethiopia, in Zion were they born.
SPEAKER_03And the most high shall sustain it.
SPEAKER_02Enrolling the people, the Lord will record. These also were born there.
SPEAKER_03The singers and the dancers will see all my fresh springs are in you.
SPEAKER_02Glory 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.
SPEAKER_01Amen. Thank you, Jacqueline and Martha. That was a great reading. It's all about the Annunciation today. This is by Felipe Di Champagne from sixteen forty-four, and it is also called the Annunciation. Chad, would you lead this?
SPEAKER_00How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, your God reigns. Listen, you sentinels, lift up their voices. Together they sing for joy, for in plain sight they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has bought bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing. Go out from the midst of it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord, for you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. The word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_01Thanks be to God. Thank you, Chant. Our first canticle is a song of Hannah, Mother Unjill.
SPEAKER_06My heart exalts in you, O God. My triumph song is lifted in you. My mouth derides my enemies, for I rejoice in your salvation. There is none holy like you. Not any right to be compared to you, my God. Do not keep upright for words or speak in arrogance. Only God is knowing and wisdom actions. The bows of the mighty are broken. The less ones fall now labor for bread. Those who hungered now are well fred. The childless woman has born someone fall. God destroys and brings to life, cast down and raises up, gives wealth or takes it away, humbles and dignifies. God raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the sheep to make them sit with the rulers and inherit a place of honor. For the pillars of the earth are gods on which the whole earth is founded.
SPEAKER_01Thank you, Mother Angel. This is by Botticelli from fourteen ninety-two, and it's also called the Annunciation. Paul, would you lead this?
SPEAKER_07Now God did not subject the coming world about which we are speaking to angels, but someone has testified somewhere. What are human beings that are you you are mindful of them, or mortals that you care for them? You have made them for a little while lower than the angels. You have crowned them with glory and honor, subjecting all things under their feet. Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. The word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_01Thanks be to God. Thank you, Paul. Our next cannical is the Todayum, Mother Angel.
SPEAKER_06We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord, all creation worships you, the Father everlasting. To you, all angels, all the powers of heaven, the cherubim and seraphim sing in endless praise. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. The glorious company of apostles praise you. The noble fellowship of prophets praise you. The white-robed army of martyrs praise you. Throughout the world, the holy church acclaims you, Father of Majesty and Bounded, your true and only Son, worthy of all worship, and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide. You Christ are the King of Glory, the eternal son of the Father. When you took our flesh to set us free, you humbly chose the Virgin's womb. You overcame the sting of death and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. You are seated at God's right hand in glory. We believe that you will come to be our judge. Come then, Lord, and help your people, bought with the price of your own blood, and bring us with your saints to glory everlasting.
SPEAKER_01Thank you, Mother Angel. And now the Apostles' Creed. John R., would you lead us in the creed?
SPEAKER_04I 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.
SPEAKER_01Amen. Thank you, John. And now the prayers begin with our Lord's Prayer. Jill, would you lead us in the Lord's Prayer, and then we'll read the suffrages.
SPEAKER_08The Lord be with you.
SPEAKER_01And also with you.
SPEAKER_08Let 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, and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. But the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.
SPEAKER_01Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance.
SPEAKER_08Govern and uphold them now and always.
SPEAKER_01Day by day we bless you.
SPEAKER_08We praise your name forever.
SPEAKER_01Lord, keep us from all sin today.
SPEAKER_08Have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy.
SPEAKER_01Lord, show us your love and mercy.
SPEAKER_08For we put our trust in you.
SPEAKER_01In you, Lord, is our hope.
SPEAKER_08And we shall never hope in vain.
SPEAKER_01Thank you, Jill. Like I said, today is all about the annunciation. Look at all the cherubs up above in this one. This is by Bartolome Esteban Perez Marillo from seven 1670, and it is also called Annunciation. Now, four prayers: the collect of the day for the Annunciation of Our Lord, a collect on racism and injustice, a collect for grace, and a collect for joy in God's creation. I'm gonna split these up. I'm gonna ask our Deacon Elizabeth to take the first two, and I'm going to ask Marcia and Barbados to take the second two. Deacon Elizabeth, when you're ready, you can take the first two.
SPEAKER_10Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Help us to see with new eyes the injustices within church and society. Call us to have a loving heart that respects and uplifts the humanity and dignity of every person. Open our ears to listen and learn from the experiences of people whose skin is different from ours. Open our mouths to speak up about injustices. Join us with others to work with racial equity and inclusion for all people. Amen.
SPEAKER_01Thank you, Deacon.
SPEAKER_09Lord God Almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day. Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversary. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
SPEAKER_01Amen. In our picture for joy in God's creation is a beautiful sunset on the lake. Go ahead, Marcia.
SPEAKER_09O Heavenly Father, you have filled the world with beauty. Open our eyes to behold your gracious hand in all your works, that, rejoicing in your whole creation, we may learn to serve you with gladness for the sake of him through whom all things were made, through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SPEAKER_01Amen. Thank you, Marcia. One more look back at that sunset on the lake. In now our Wednesday morning prayer list of healing of body, mind, and soul. We start out as we always do on Wednesdays by praying for the essential workers in our world. Many who, as a result of our government shutdown, are not even being paid right now. We pray for them, we pray for their families, we pray for our country as well. Pray for Josh Thomas, our founding vicar in a skilled nursing facility after suffering a stroke. Pray for his recovery and his continued return to normal. Pray for healing for Deacon Leilani and her many health challenges and what she's got going on in her world. She goes through dialysis every week. Some good news about Deacon Leilani is her home on Hawaii was not uh damaged from the floods. At least not yet. Tracy Kay is awaiting a transplant. Pray for Tracy, and all waiting in the transplants in the transplant process. Andrea has a brain tumor, and she's been going through physical and occupational therapy. Pray for her healing. Pray for Beth and Jim. Jim is losing his eyesight. He's given up his ability to drive and is slowly starting to lose his eyesight from macular degeneration. Pray for Addy and her husband Anthony for their continued health. Stephen, Paul, Alexis, Peter, Jerry G, Robbie, Zachary, Danielle. They all have cancer. Pray for all who have cancer. Such a horrible, horrible disease. Prayers for Don and Shirley with dementia. Pray for Patricia for her continued strength and her wellness. And pray for all of those who are in hospice or comfort care, planning for and anticipating the end of their lives. On Wednesday, we also pray for caregivers, and there are many, but we name just a few.
SPEAKER_05Ever living God, by whose will it is that all should come to you through your Son Jesus Christ. Inspire our witness to him, that all may know the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
SPEAKER_01Let us bless the Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
SPEAKER_05Thanks be to God. Alleluia, hallelujah.
SPEAKER_01Glory to God, whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to him from generation to generation in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever. And the blessing of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be with you now and remain with you always. Amen. And that is morning prayer on this Annunciation, the day when Mary was told that she was carrying our Lord and Savior. Wherever you go today, take that love of Jesus that lives inside of you, that light that burns inside of you. Share that light with others, show that light to others. Hope to see you back with us tomorrow, safe and sound.