The Daily Office Podcast Wednesday Morning // March 11, 2026
Mar 11, 2026
Morning Prayer with liturgical prompts, confession, and Psalm 25 for guidance. A reading of Exodus 18 highlighting counsel about leadership and delegation. Gospel reading on marriage, divorce, and welcoming children. Canticle and creedal responses emphasizing mercy, covenant, and prayerful intercessions. Closing thanksgiving and a blessing to send listeners into the day.
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Psalm 25 Focuses Morning Prayer On Guidance And Mercy
- Psalm 25 frames morning prayer as a plea for guidance and forgiveness, opening with trust and requests for teaching and deliverance.
- The psalm repeatedly asks God to teach paths, remember mercy, and pluck the speaker from the net, grounding the service in dependence and repentance.
Jethro's Delegation Solves Leadership Burnout
- Exodus 18 presents Jethro advising Moses to delegate judicial duties to appointed leaders to prevent burnout.
- Jethro prescribes selecting able, God-fearing men as chiefs over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens so Moses handles only the hardest cases.
Jesus Reaffirms Marriage's Lifelong Intent
- In Matthew 19 Jesus emphasizes marriage's original intent: lifelong union and prohibition of casual divorce, allowing exception only for sexual immorality.
- He warns that divorce and remarriage can constitute adultery and speaks on celibacy and children being welcomed to him.