A Guide for Daily Prayer and Meditation
March 19-26, 2023
Pray and confess out loud as much as you are able or based on your family size and ages. You may follow the “Morning” or the “Close of the Day” according to time of day. (Alternative orders are in the LSB hymnal pp. 295-298)
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The sign of the cross + may be made by all in remembrance of their baptism.
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Morning | Close of the Day |
In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice; In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch |
The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and peace at the last. Amen. |
My mouth is filled with Your praise, And with Your glory all the day. |
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, To sing praise to Your name, O Most High; |
O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth will declare Your praise. |
To herald Your love in the morning; Your truth at the close of the day. |
Glory be 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.
Hymn of the Month for March: LSB 425 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
One or more verses from the hymn of the month are sung, or another hymn may be chosen.
Verse of the Week: Psalm 36:9
With you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
Daily Lectionary
Sunday Fourth in Lent |
Monday | Tuesday |
Wednesday
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Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
Sunday Fifth in Lent |
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Old Testament |
2 Chronicles 5:2-14 |
2 Chronicles 6:1-11 |
2 Chronicles 6:12-27 |
2 Chronicles 6:28-42 |
2 Chronicles 7:1-10 |
2 Chronicles 7:11-22 |
2 Chronicles 8 |
2 Chronicles 9:1-12 |
Psalm | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78:1-35 | 78:36-72 | 79 |
New Testament |
Luke 5:27-39 |
Luke 6:1-11 |
Luke 6:12-19 |
Luke 6:20-36 |
Luke 6:37-49 |
Luke 7:1-17 |
Luke 7:18-35 |
Luke 7:36-50 |
The Lord’s Prayer: The Introduction
Our Father who art in heaven.
What does this mean?
With these words God tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask Him as dear children ask their dear father.
The Apostles’ Creed is confessed
Lord’s Prayer
Prayers for Others and Ourselves
Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, Your mercies are new every morning; and though we deserve only punishment, You receive us as Your children and provide for all our needs of body and soul. Grant that we may heartily acknowledge Your merciful goodness, give thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Prayer based on Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer
It is Your will that we should not individually name You Father. But we should call You “our Father” together and pray for all with one accord. So give us a united and brotherly love that we may know and consider all Christians as brothers and sisters. Together may we pray to You, our beloved Father, for each and for all, just as one child speaks for another to its father. Amen. (Martin Luther, 1483-1546)
Morning | Close of the Day |
Almighty God, merciful Father, who created and completed all things, on this day when the work of our calling begins anew, we implore You to create its beginning, direct its continuance, and bless its end, that our doings may be preserved from sin, our life sanctified, and our work be well pleasing to you; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. I thank you my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen |
Visit our dwellings, O Lord, and in Your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of Your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. |
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Excerpts from the Large Catechism on the Lord’s Prayer
Bible verses for meditation on the Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer