Morning Prayer for March 15, 2026

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Fourth Sunday in Lent

MORNING

03.15.2026

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. 75.

1	Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee do we give thanks.
2	Thy Name also is so nigh; and that do thy wondrous works declare.
3	When I receive the congregation, I shall judge according unto right.
4	The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: I bear up the pillars of it.
5	I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn.
6	Set not up your horn on high, and speak not with a stiff neck.
7	For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south.
8	And why? God is the Judge; he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
9	For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same.
10	As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
11	But I will talk of the God of Jacob, and praise him for ever.
12	All the horns of the ungodly also will I break, and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
†	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. 76.

1	In Jewry is God known; his Name is great in Israel.
2	At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Sion.
3	There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle.
4	Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers.
5	The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep; and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
6	At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are fallen.
7	Thou, even thou art to be feared; and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry?
8	Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled, and was still;
9	When God arose to judgement, and to help all the meek upon earth.
10	The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
11	Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12	He shall refrain the spirit of princes, and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.
†	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. 77.

1	I will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me.
2	In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran and ceased not in the night season; my soul refused comfort.
3	When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God; when my heart is vexed, I will complain.
4	Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so feeble, that I cannot speak.
5	I have considered the days of old, and the years that are past.
6	I call to remembrance my song, and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirits.
7	Will the Lord absent himself for ever? and will he be no more intreated?
8	Is his mercy clean gone for ever? and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore?
9	Hath God forgotten to be gracious? and will he shut up his lovingkindness in displeasure?
10	And I said, It is mine own infirmity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest.
11	I will remember the works of the Lord, and call to mind thy wonders of old time.
12	I will think also of all thy works, and my talking shall be of thy doings.
13	Thy way, O God, is holy: who is so great a God as our God?
14	Thou art the God that doeth wonders, and hast declared thy power among the people.
15	Thou hast mightily delivered thy people, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.
16	The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid; the depths also were troubled.
17	The clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad.
18	The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook withal.
19	Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
20	Thou leddest thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
†	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 43rd chapter of Genesis.

1	And the famine was sore in the land.
2	And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3	And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
4	If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5	But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
6	And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
7	And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
8	And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
9	I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10	For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
11	And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12	And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
13	Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14	And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
15	And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
16	And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
17	And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
18	And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
19	And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
20	And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
21	And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
22	And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
23	And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24	And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
25	And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
26	And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27	And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
28	And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
29	And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
30	And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
31	And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
32	And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33	And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34	And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Here endeth the first lesson.

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