Daily Prayers
Luther's Morning Prayer
Written by Martin Luther for his Small Catechism (1529) as part of his instructions for how the head of a household should teach the family to pray.
I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,
that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger;
and I pray that you would keep me this day also from sin and every evil,
that all my doings and life may please you.
For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things.
Let your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Martin Luther, Small Catechism (1529)
About the prayer
Luther directed that it be said upon rising, followed immediately by going to work "joyfully" — the prayer was never meant to be separated from the day it opens.
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