May 26, 2023 Midday Prayer

Midday Prayer for Friday, May 26, 2023
Seventh Friday of Easter

• Opening Sentences
• Apocrypha: Sirach 23:7-15
• Old Testament: Ezekiel 34:17-31
• Ancient or Classic Prayer: Based on the Liturgy of St. Mark (2nd century)
• Prayer for Various Occasions: For World Religions
• 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.