Andy Troska ’17, University Choir Senior Secretary, speaks at Morning Prayers. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Kamara Swaby '17, Leverett House, speaks at Morning Prayers during Senior Talks

Morning Prayers service with speaker Madeline Lear '17,  Harvard College. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Morning Prayers service speech by Katie Gibson, Communications Officer, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications.

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Morning Prayers speech by Soha H. Bayoumi, Allston Burr Assistant Dean of Harvard College, Kirkland House; Lecturer, Department of the History of Science. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Morning Prayer by Rev. Alanna C. Sullivan, Associate Minister in the Memorial Church. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell

Morning Prayers speech by Lumumba Babushe Seegars '09, Ph.D Student in Organizational Behavior, GSAS and HBS; Resident Tutor, Kirkland House

By Harvard Divinity School Professor Laura S. Nasrallah |  As delivered at Morning Prayers on November 15, 2016.

The day after the election I began to think about a tiny book, nestled in a box in storage at the Harvard Art Museums, and I began to think about fear. The sixth-century codex can fit into the palm of your hand. It declares on its first page in the ancient Egyptian language Coptic that it is “The gospel of the lots of Mary.”

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By Jennifer S. Lerner | As delivered at Morning Prayers on November 14, 2016.

Good morning! Thank you for inviting me to lead this prayer service. I confess that I pray every morning, no less than twice, before leaving our family home and starting my professional day as a scientist and professor. It therefore brings me special joy to be here with you — like-minded individuals who also feel drawn to start the day seeking guidance from a power greater than ourselves and reflecting about our larger purpose here at Harvard and in life, more generally.  Read more about Embrace the Stranger

By The. Rev. Alanna Sullivan, as delivered at Morning Prayers

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Gracious and Loving God, we gather here this morning in shock — humbled, terrified, relieved, heartbroken. We come looking for comfort, reassurance, a sign, a word of hope, yet for many of us the future feels anything but certain.  Read more about A post-election prayer

By Westley Conn, Director of the Memorial Church School for Children, Morning Prayers talk as delivered on Sept. 27, 2016.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Alanna C. Sullivan, Ministry Fellow in the Memorial Church, on Tuesday, September 6, 2016.

Morning Prayers remarks by Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard