Morning Prayer for February 19, 2026

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Thursday after Ash Wednesday

MORNING

02.19.2026

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me:

Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep: We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts: We have offended against thy holy laws: We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders: Spare thou themthose, O God, whichwho confess their faults: Restore thou them thatthose who are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; and, hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins:. He pardoneth and absolveth all them thatthose who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit; that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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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. 96.

1	O sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth.
2	Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name; be telling of his salvation from day to day.
3	Declare his honour unto the heathen, and his wonders unto all people.
4	For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised; he is more to be feared than all gods.
5	As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols; but it is the Lord that made the heavens.
6	Glory and worship are before him; power and honour are in his sanctuary.
7	Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, ascribe unto the Lord worship and power.
8	Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name; bring presents, and come into his courts.
9	O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
10	Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King, and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved; and how that he shall judge the people righteously.
11	Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.
12	Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.
13	For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.
†	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. 97.

1	The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.
2	Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgement are the habitation of his seat.
3	There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his enemies on every side.
4	His lightnings gave shine unto the world: the earth saw it, and was afraid.
5	The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord; at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6	The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory.
7	Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods.
8	Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgements, O Lord.
9	For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
10	O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
11	There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted.
12	Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.
†	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 27th chapter of Numbers.

1	Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2	And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
3	Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
4	Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
5	And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
6	And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
7	The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
8	And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
9	And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
10	And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
11	And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
12	And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
13	And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
14	For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
15	And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,
16	Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
17	Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
18	And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
19	And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
20	And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
21	And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
22	And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
23	And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Here endeth the first lesson.

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