Lent

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”

Lectionary for Lent 5

Lectionary for Lent 5 Out of the depths I cry to you – O Lord, hear my voice! With God there is steadfast love, and great power to redeem. Psalm 130:1-2, 7 Collect. Loving God our Father, we see your compassion revealed in the tears of Jesus for Lazarus his friend. Look today upon theContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 5”

Lectionary for Lent 4

Lectionary for Lent 4 Jesus said: ‘While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ John 9:5 Collect. Let us pray (that our human weakness May be transformed into God’s strength): Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of yourContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 4”

Lectionary for Lent 3

Lectionary for Lent 3 God proves his love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 Collect. O God, the fountain of life, to a humanity parched with thirst you offer the living water of grace which springs up from the rock, our Saviour Christ. Grant your peopleContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 3”

Lectionary for Lent 2

Lectionary for Lent 2 God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:17 Collect. O God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you called our ancestors to a journey of faith; and in your Son, lifted up on theContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 2”

Lectionary for Lent 1

Lectionary for Lent 1 A Happy are the forgiven, whose sin is blotted out; let all who are faithful offer prayer to God. Psalm 32:1, 6 Collect. Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, asContinue reading “Lectionary for Lent 1”