Pray
Prayer Requests
As a community we are committed to supporting one another, near and far. If you have a specific prayer request, please use the following form to submit it. The clergy team and fellow parishioners will pray, whole-heartedly, for those who are seeking God’s grace, help, and blessings in all of life’s circumstances. If you have a prayer request for the Daughters of the King and would like a prayer card sent, please CLICK HERE.
The Daily Journey
Do you need a daily dose of scripture and encouragement? CLICK HERE to sign up and receive a daily Bible verse and Spiritual Growth Question or Prompt emailed to you every morning at 5:00 AM. This is a wonderful way to start your day and spend time with God. The verses and spiritual prompts have been created and cultivated by a special group of parishioners at St. Michael’s for the people of St. Michael’s and our friends!
“The verse today is exactly what I needed to hear.” - Anonymous
“The Daily Journey is the first email I read in the morning and my way of starting each day focusing on God and how God is working in my life.” - Anonymous
Pray the Daily Office
Use of daily prayers to mark the times of the day and to express the traditions of the praying community is an integral part of Christianity. The congregational form of office developed in Christianity under Constantine (274 or 288-337) was comprised of the principal morning and evening services of lauds and vespers. In addition to lauds and vespers, the monastic form included matins (at midnight or cockcrow), prime (the first hour), terce (the third hour), sext (the sixth hour), none (the ninth hour), and compline (at bedtime). By the late middle ages, the Daily Office was seen as the responsibility of the monks and clergy rather than an occasion for participation by all in the prayers of the community throughout the day.
After the Anglican Reformation, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) reduced the eight monastic offices to the two services of Morning and Evening Prayer. It is the proper form of daily public worship in the church. In addition to forms for Daily Morning Prayer and Daily Evening Prayer in contemporary and traditional language, the BCP section for the Daily Office includes forms for Noonday Prayer, Order of Worship for the Evening, Compline, and Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families.
Click on one of the below links to pray at home or on the go with Forward Movement Prayer Page:
Prayer & Reflection
Online Prayers and Meditations
Here are some sources for daily prayer and reflection. Try several and pick ones you like.
Visit the Prayer Room at St. Michael’s for an online inspiration gallery by clicking here.
Pray using a labyrinth
There are many way to use a labyrinth to pray. Most of them connect physical movement and spacial awareness in order to take prayer to a new place.
Below we have labyrinths you can print out and then trace with your finger as you pray. One common thing to do is to reflect as you are moving toward the center about what you would like to leave behind when you put it into God’s presence. You might also ask consider what you are seeking from God as you move toward the center. Then as you leave, consider what you are bringing back into your world.