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Morning Prayer for Friday 3.27.26
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Today in the church we remember Charles Henry Brent a Bishop who died in 1929. To view our liturgy go here: Morning Prayer 3.27.26, Charles Henry Brent, Bishop, 1929 | 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 Monday through Friday. We come from several different faith traditions in several different countries. We use the 1979 Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer as our guide. We mix in artwork, a news story, we have music at the end. Everyone is 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 27th of March, 2026, just a few days left in this month. In the life of the church, our saint is Charles Henry Brent, a bishop who died in the year 1929. Let us begin. There, if you want to look that up. If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I have a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. A significant number of parents are being deported without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them. And a report report has found in interviews with dozens of parents deported to Honduras, as well as physicians and psychologists, government officials and staff at recreation centers for deportees. Researchers found that many parents were deported quickly after they were detained without a chance to arrange for the care of their children. According to the report by the Women's Refugee Commission and the Physicians for Human Rights, parents were forced to leave their children under the informal care of friends or family members who are also vulnerable to deportation. Others were separated from young children and toddlers, including a mother who was deported without her two-month-old baby. In the photo above, a child watches during a workshop for immigrants to make a preparedness plan in case they are confronted by immigration officials in Los Angeles. When we talk about a return to the compassion and decency in our country, this is one of the things that we're talking about. Jesus said, if anyone would come after me, let them deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me. I'll lead us in the general confession, pronounce absolution, and then I'll ask Addie to lead us in the invitatory, which is the venidae today, the longer version. First, our confession. God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives. We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and in the world you've created. We repent of the evil that enslaves us, the evil that we have done, and the evil done on our behalf. Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ, that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on you. Forgive you all of your sins through the Lord Jesus, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
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. 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 and shout with songs. For you are a great God, you are great above all gods. In your hands 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 loaded the dry land. Come, let us bow down and bend the knee and kneel before the Lord our Maker, for you are good, and we are your people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand. Oh, that today we would hearken to your voice. Hearten not your hearts as your forebears did in the wilderness in Mirabah, and on that day in Nassau, when they tempted me, they put me to the test, though they had seen my works. Forty years long I detested that generation and said, This people are wayward in their hearts. So I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest.
SPEAKER_04Thank you, Annie. Our psalm appointed for this morning is Psalm number 22. I'm going to ask Martha and Jill to lead our psalm. Martha, would you start?
SPEAKER_10My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And I so far from my cry and from the voice of my distress.
SPEAKER_08Oh my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer. By night as well, but I find no rest.
SPEAKER_10Yet you are the holy one in doom upon the princes of Israel.
SPEAKER_08Our ancestors put their trust in you. They trusted and you delivered them.
SPEAKER_10They cried out to you and were delivered. They trusted in you and were not put to shame.
SPEAKER_08But as for me I am a worm and not a man, scorned by all and despised by the people.
SPEAKER_10You curled their lips and wag their hair saying He trusted in the Lord.
SPEAKER_08Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him if he delights in him.
SPEAKER_10Yet you are the one who took me out of the womb and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.
SPEAKER_08I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born. You were my God when I was still in my mother's womb.
SPEAKER_10Be not far from me for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
SPEAKER_08Many young bulls encircle me. Strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
SPEAKER_10You open wide jaws to me at me like a rivaling and a ruin vine.
SPEAKER_08I am poured out like water, all my bones are out of joint. My heart within my breast is melting wax.
SPEAKER_10My mouth is dry out like a pot shape. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have laid me in the dust of the grief.
SPEAKER_08Packs of dogs enclose me and gangs of evildoers encircle me. They pierce my hands and my feet, I can count all my bones. Be not far away, O Lord, you are my strength. Hasten to help me.
SPEAKER_10Save me from this word, my life from the power of the dog.
SPEAKER_08Save me from the lion's mouth, my wretched body from the horns of wild bulls.
SPEAKER_10I will declare your name to the community. In the midst of the congregation, I will praise you.
SPEAKER_08Praise the Lord, you that are God fearing. Stand in awe of the Lord, O offspring of Israel, all of all you of Jacob's line, give glory.
SPEAKER_10For the Lord does not despise nor the poor in their poverty, neither in the floor's face hidden from them. But when they cry out, the Lord hears them.
SPEAKER_08My praise is of God in the great assembly. I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship the Lord.
SPEAKER_10The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord shall give praise. May your heart live forever.
SPEAKER_08All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to God, and all the families of the nations bow before the Lord. All who go down to the dust fall before the Lord.
SPEAKER_10Glory 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. Amen.
SPEAKER_04Thank you, Jill and Martha. That's a great reading. Well, we've been talking about the plagues, and here comes another one. Seven plagues. This one is hail with fire. Our reading is from Exodus chapter nine, verses thirteen through thirty-five. Patricia, would you lead this?
SPEAKER_06Then the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, let my people go, so that they may worship me. For this time I will send all my plagues upon you yourself and upon your officials and upon your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. But this is why I have let you live to show you my power and to make my name resound throughout all the earth. You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. Tomorrow at this time I will call the heaviest hail to fall that has ever fallen in Egypt from the day I was founded until now. Send therefore, send therefore, and have your livestock and everything that you have in the open field brought to a secure place. Every human or animal that is in the open field that and is not brought under the shelter will die when the hail comes down upon them. Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried their slaves and livestock off to a secure place. Those who did not regard the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the open field. The Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on the whole land of Egypt, on humans and animals, and all the plants of the field in the land of Egypt. Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire came down on the earth, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. There was hail with fire flashing continually in the midst of it, such heavy hail as had never fallen in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. The hail struck down everything that was in the open field throughout the land of Egypt, both human and animal. The hail also struck down all the plants of the field and shattered every tree in the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, This time I have sinned. The Lord is in the right, and I have I and my people are in the wrong. Pray to the Lord, enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go. You need stay no longer. Moses said to him, As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord's. But as for you and your officials, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God. Now the flaps and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in flax was in bud. But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they were late in coming up. So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and stretched out his hands on the Lord, to the Lord. Then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the earth. When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and the thunder had ceased, he sent once more and hardened his heart, and he is he and his officials. So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses, the word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_04Our first song, our first canticle is a song of penitence. Jacqueline, would you lead this?
SPEAKER_03O Lord and ruler of the hosts of heaven, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of all their righteous offspring. You made the heavens and the earth with all their vast array. All things quake with fear at your presence. They tremble because of your power. But your merciful promise is beyond all measure. It surpasses all that our minds can fathom. O Lord, you are full of compassion, long-suffering and abounding in mercy. You hold back your hand, you do not punish as we deserve. In your great goodness, Lord, you have promised forgiveness to sinners that they may repent of their sin and be saved. And now, O Lord, I bend the knee of my heart, and I make my appeal sure of your gracious goodness. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I know my wickedness only too well. Therefore, I make this prayer to you. Forgive me, Lord, forgive me. Do not let me perish in my sin, nor condemn me in the depths of the earth. For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent, and in me you will show forth your goodness. Unworthy as I am, you will save me in accordance with your great mercy, and I will praise you without ceasing all the days of my life. For all the powers of heaven can sing your praises, and yours is the glory to ages of ages.
SPEAKER_04Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jacqueline. The ceramic and clay pots are used to store incense and jewelry. Our next reading is from Second Corinthians chapter four, verses one through twelve. Paul, would you leave this?
SPEAKER_07Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides. We refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God's word. But by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the God of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, for we do not proclaim ourselves. We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said Let light shine out of darkness, who has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed, perplexed, but not driven to despair, persecuted, but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you the word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_04Thanks be to God. Thank you, Paul. Our next canticle is a song to the lamb. Jacqueline, would you lead this one as well?
SPEAKER_03Splendor 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 the slain. For with your blood you have redeemed for God. From every nation, language, people, and nation. Family, a kingdom 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.
SPEAKER_04Thank you, Jacqueline. This is by Gregory Ms, OSB, Jesus, James, and John. Our reading is from Mark chapter ten, verses thirty-two through forty-five. Deacon Diana, would you lead this one?
SPEAKER_00They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles, and they will mock him and spit upon him and flog him and kill him, and after three days he will rise again. James and John, the sons of Zibedee, came forward to him and said to him, Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you. And he said to them, What is it that you want me to do for you? And they said to him, Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory. But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They replied, We are able. Then Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized. But to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those to whom it has been prepared. When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John, so Jesus called them and said to them, You know that among the Gentiles those whom we recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. The word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_04Thanks be to God. Thank you, Deacon. And now the Apostle's Creed. Michael Brown, would you lead us in the creed?
SPEAKER_05I 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. Amen. Thank you, Michael.
SPEAKER_04And now 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?
SPEAKER_01The 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.
SPEAKER_04Help us, O God our Savior.
SPEAKER_01Deliver us and forgive us our sins.
SPEAKER_04Look upon your congregation.
SPEAKER_01Give to your people the blessing of peace.
SPEAKER_04Declare your glory among the nations.
SPEAKER_01And your wonders among all peoples.
SPEAKER_04Do not let the oppressed be shamed and turned away.
SPEAKER_01Never forget the lives of your poor.
SPEAKER_04Continue your loving kindness to those who know you.
SPEAKER_01And your favor to those who are true of heart.
SPEAKER_04Satisfy us by your loving kindness in the morning.
SPEAKER_01So shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Thank you, Robert.
SPEAKER_04A picture of our saint of the day. Charles Henry Brent, a rector's son, was born in Newcastle, Ontario. His mother was descended from loyalists who fled the American Revolution. He was educated at Trinity College, Toronto, but the only work he found was as a curate and organist in Buffalo, New York. He moved to Boston, came under the influence of the Cali Fathers, spent 10 years as curate in the underprivileged South End, then in 1901 was shocked to get a telegram naming him Missionary Bishop of the Philippines. Then governed by the United States. He stayed 15 years establishing schools and hospitals before leaving to assume the senior chaplaincy with the Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He hated the war and devoted himself afterwards to peace and ecumenical activities as bishop of Western New York. From his efforts and others grew the World Council of Churches. Charles Henry Brent, our saint of the day. And now two prayers, the collect of the day for Charles Henry Brent, the bishop of the Philippines and of Western New York. Actually, three prayers. A collect for Friday in the fifth week of Lent, and a collect for Fridays. Deacon Diana, I'm sorry, Deacon Elizabeth, would you lead these three prayers?
SPEAKER_09Sure. Heavenly Father, whose son prayed that we all might be one, deliver us from arrogance and prejudice, and give us wisdom and forbearance that following your servant Charles Henry Brent, we may be united in one family with all who confess the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. O Lord, you relieve our necessity out of the abundance of your great riches. Grant that we may accept with joy the salvation you bestow and manifest to all the world by the quality of our lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Almighty God, whose most dear son went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain and ended 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. Amen.
SPEAKER_04Amen. Go ahead, Marcia, when you're ready.
SPEAKER_11O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you. Bring the nations into your fold. Pour out your spirit upon all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SPEAKER_04Let us bless the Lord.
SPEAKER_11Thanks be to God.
SPEAKER_04Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing. To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, now and forever. And the blessing of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be with you now and remain with you always. Amen. That is morning prayer on this Friday. Wherever you go today, take that love of Jesus that lives inside of you. Excuse me. That lives in your heart. Share that Jesus with the world. Show that Jesus to the world. Many need that Jesus right now. Hope to see you back on Monday, Holy Week, safe and sound. Peace.