Midday Prayer for Thursday, May 25, 2023
Seventh Thursday of Easter
- Opening Sentences
- Apocrypha: Sirach 22:27 - 23:6
- Old Testament: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 19-32
- Ancient or Classic Prayer: Based on a Prayer of Patrick of Ireland (c. 389-461)
- Prayer for Various Occasions: For Graduates
- 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.
An introduction to Daily Prayer is available here.