Lectionary for Easter 7 B Opening sentence. God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11 Collect. O God, the inexhaustible fount of life, you accepted the offering of your Son, sacrificed for the salvation of the world. Consecrate us in that unity which is your Spirit’s gift, thatContinue reading “Lectionary for Easter 7 B”
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Lectionary for Easter 6 B
Lectionary for Ester 6 B You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. John 15:16 Collect. Merciful God, you have prepared for those who love you riches beyond imagination. Pour into our hearts such love toward you, that we, lovingContinue reading “Lectionary for Easter 6 B”
Lectionary for Easter 5 B
Lectionary for Easter 5 B Opening sentence. Beloved, let us love one another, because the source of love is God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 Collect. Almighty God, whom to know is everlasting life: grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to beContinue reading “Lectionary for Easter 5 B”
Lectionary for Easter 4 B
Lectionary for Easter 4 B Opening sentence. This is God’s commandment, we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who keep his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. 1 John 3:23-24 Collect. O God, Creator and Father,Continue reading “Lectionary for Easter 4 B”
Lectionary for Easter 3 B
Lectionary Easter 3 B Opening sentence. See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. 1 John 3:1 Lord Jesus, open to us the Scriptures; make our hearts burn within us while you speak. Based on Luke 24: Collect. OContinue reading “Lectionary for Easter 3 B”
Lectionary for Easter 2 B
Lectionary for Easter 2B Opening sentence. This is the message we have heard and proclaim to you – God is light, and in God there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 Collect. Let us pray (as Christians thirsting for the risen life): Heavenly Father and God of mercy, we no longer lookContinue reading “Lectionary for Easter 2 B”
Lectionary for Easter B
Lectionary for Easter B Christ is risen:Christ is risen indeed! Christ died for our sins, was buried and raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures; and he appeared to the believers. 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 Collect. Let us pray (that we may rejoice in the victory that is won for us): Lord ofContinue reading “Lectionary for Easter B”
Lectionary for Lent 6B
Lectionary for Lent 6B Opening sentence. Open the gates of justice, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. Psalm 118:19 Collect. Let us pray (that we may share Christ’s humility): Father of all, who gave your only-begotten Son to take upon himself the form of a servant, and toContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 6B”
Lectionary for Lent 5B
Lectionary for 5th of Lent B Opening sentence. Jesus says: ‘Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.’ John 12:26 Collect.. Hear, O Father, the cry of your Son, who, to establish the new and everlasting covenant, became obedient to death upon the cross. Grant that,Continue reading “Lectionary for Lent 5B”
Lectionary for Lent 4 B
Lectionary for 4th Lent Opening sentence. By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 Collect. Gracious Father, you gave us our Lord Jesus Christ as a model of humility: in lowliness and obedience he yielded up his life on theContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 4 B”
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