Midday Prayer for Friday, September 16, 2022
- Opening Sentences
- Psalm 148
- Old Testament: Esther 1:1-4, 10-19
- Confession of Faith: The Confession of 1967, paragraph 45
- Ancient or Classic Prayer: Based on a prayer of Origen (c. 185-254)
- Prayers for Various Occasions: For Racial and Cultural Diversity
- Prayer
- The Lord's Prayer ("debts")
- Dismissal
This service is adapted from The Book of Common Worship: Daily Prayer, copyright (c) 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. Scripture quotations (except the Psalms and Canticles) are from the New Revised Standard Version - Updated Edition, copyright (c) 2021 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The Confessions are from The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Part I: The Book of Confessions, published by the Office of the General Assembly, copyright (c) 2016. "Aleluya" music by JosepMonter from Pixabay. Candle image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay.