Join us for Morning Prayer!
At St. John’s we offer the Daily Office of Morning Prayer for Lent each day from Monday to Friday at 9:30 am. This brief service is rooted in the monastic tradition and is the perfect way to begin your day. We recite psalms, read Scripture, and offer both ancient collects (prayers), and litanies. There are silences and time for private intercessions offered either silently or aloud. The Daily Office is the Church’s gift to us, allowing us to sanctify time and to consecrate each day.
The Daily Office (Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Noonday Prayer and Compline) is part of the core of Anglican Spirituality. These are times we set apart to spend with God in the context of the worshipping community. Whether the Office is prayed at church, at home, or even online – there’s a deep sense of praying with other Christians throughout the world. Morning Prayer is said before the work day begins; the Noon Office (or Noonday Prayers) is used over lunch time; Evening Prayer is used around sunset or before dinner. Compline is a close-of-day prayer.
Ideally, the Office provides a discipline; that’s why it’s best used Daily. If you wait until you’re inspired to pray spontaneously, God may be waiting a very long time to hear from you. But when you undertake a discipline to pray—that is, when you make a decision that you’ll be open to pray whether you feel like it or not—the framework usually leads to the spontaneous dialogue that you and God like best.
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