Morning Prayer for March 8, 2026

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Third Sunday in Lent

MORNING

03.08.2026

Our Father, whichwho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done inon earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them thatthose who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord, open thou our lips.

And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

O God, make speed to save us.

O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord's Name be praised.

Ps. 95.

1	O come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
2	Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.
3	For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4	In his hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also.
5	The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land.
6	O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7	For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
8	Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;
9	When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.
10	Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways;
11	Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ps. 38.

1	Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure.
2	For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3	There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.
4	For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear.
5	My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness.
6	I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.
7	For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.
8	I am feeble, and sore smitten; I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart.
9	Lord, thou knowest all my desire; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10	My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.
11	My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble, and my kinsmen stood afar off.
12	They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.
13	As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not; and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.
14	I became even as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15	For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God.
16	I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me; for when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me.
17	And I, truly, am set in the plague, and my heaviness is ever in my sight.
18	For I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin.
19	But mine enemies live, and are mighty; and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.
20	They also that reward evil for good are against me; because I follow the thing that good is.
21	Forsake me not, O Lord my God; be not thou far from me.
22	Haste thee to help me, O Lord God of my salvation.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ps. 39.

1	I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue.
2	I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight.
3	I held my tongue, and spake nothing: I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain and grief to me.
4	My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled: and at the last I spake with my tongue;
5	Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days; that I may be certified how long I have to live.
6	Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long: and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
7	For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
8	And now, Lord, what is my hope? truly my hope is even in thee.
9	Deliver me from all mine offences; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.
10	I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.
11	Take thy plague away from me: I am even consumed by the means of thy heavy hand.
12	When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but vanity.
13	Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears.
14	For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
15	O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength: before I go hence, and be no more seen.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ps. 40.

1	I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling.
2	He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
3	And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto our God.
4	Many shall see it, and fear, and shall put their trust in the Lord.
5	Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.
6	O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee.
7	If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.
8	Sacrifice and meat offering thou wouldest not, but mine ears hast thou opened.
9	Burnt offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast thou not required: then said I, Lo, I come;
10	In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God: I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart.
11	I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knowest.
12	I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; my talk hath been of thy truth and of thy salvation.
13	I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth from the great congregation.
14	Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord; let thy lovingkindness and thy truth alway preserve me.
15	For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up; yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
16	O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me; make haste, O Lord, to help me.
17	Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to rebuke, that wish me evil.
18	Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee.
19	Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised.
20	As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord careth for me.
21	Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Here beginneth the 39th chapter of Genesis.

1	And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
2	And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3	And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4	And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5	And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6	And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7	And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8	But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9	There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
10	And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11	And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
12	And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13	And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14	That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15	And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16	And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17	And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18	And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19	And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20	And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21	But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22	And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23	The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Here endeth the first lesson.

O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: