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”
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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 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”
Lectionary for Lent 3 B
Lectionary for Lent 3 B Opening sentence. The message of the cross is madness to those on the way to destruction, but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Collect. Lord our God, hallowed be your name. Incline our hearts to your commandments, andContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 3 B”
Lectionary for Lent 2 B
Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected, and killed, and after three days rise again. Mark 8:31 Collect. God our Father, you are all tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in graciousness, and always ready to forgive. Grant us grace to renounce all evilContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 2 B”
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