Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 21

The Collect: Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:31-34 read from New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Psalm 51:1-13 or Psalm 119:9 – 16 both will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Hebrews 5:5-10 read from the World English Bible

Gospel: John 12:20-33 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On March 26 we celebrate the life of Richard Allen, First Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 14

The Collect: Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Numbers 21:4-9 read from the New International Version Bible

Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 2:1-10 read from the New Living Translation Bible

Gospel: John 3:14-21 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On March 18 we celebrate the life of Cyril of Jerusalem, Liturgist, Catechist, and Bishop. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Third Sunday in Lent, Mar. 7, 2021

The Collect: Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Exodus 20:1-17 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Psalm 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 New American Standard Bible

Gospel: John 2:13-22 read from the New Century Version Bible

The Closing Prayer: March 13 we celebrate the life of James Theodore Holly Bishop of Haiti, and of the Dominican Republic. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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