Psalm 5
[NOTE: Although I prefer the NASB, unless otherwise noted whenever I quote from the Bible I use the ESV translation, the one mostly used by St. Andrew’s.]
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. (v. 3) This verse opened my eyes to the importance of morning prayer. Our Book of Common Prayer has daily “Morning Prayer” rites embraced by many Anglicans, but not a pattern in my life. I recall my childhood when our Catholic school was on the church grounds and we would often see the priest wearing his biretta and reading his “Divine Office” from a book in his hand, no doubt with various Psalms included in those daily readings.
I looked further online and found this website: https://www.dailyoffice2019.com/church_year/2021-2022/, our ACNA “Daily Office” for our current (2021-2022) church year. Click, then slide down and you will see morning devotions (and midday and evening and compline) for every day of our church year. Not surprisingly the Psalms are part of every devotional. I’ll leave it at that!