Matthew R. Green's Blog, page 20
March 31, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Cease Judging Others
Loving God, who welcomes all who would come to you, keep us from judging those whom you love, lest we fail to see our own faults and needs and so put divisions between your children and isolate ourselves from you, through Christ our savior, who gave himself for all and now intercedes for us before […]
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March 30, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Welcome the Outcast and Sinner
Loving Father, who takes great delight in all your children, help us to welcome and live alongside those whom the world ignores and despises, that we would be truly your children who choose first to love and show graciousness to all who would receive it, through Christ our brother, who dined with the outcasts and […]
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March 29, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Turn to God in Temptation and Sin
Spirit of the Lord, who guides us towards righteousness and goodness, help us to turn towards God and seek the Lord when we fall into sin, that not only will we receive forgiveness, but that we might receive the love and grace to set aside our destructive impulses and live in the ways of your […]
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March 28, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Seek God for Our Needs
Generous Father, who delights in giving to your children, incline our hearts to turn to you for our needs, that as we turn to you, we would find our trust and love for you strengthened as we receive good gifts from your hand, through Christ our savior, who lives and reigns with you and the […]
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March 27, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Not Waste Ourselves
Loving Lord, who provides for us good things to satisfy our souls, keep us from wasting ourselves on that which entices but does not satisfy, that we would delight ourselves in what is good and lasting, remaining strong and tied to you and to one another, through Christ our teacher, who showed us how you […]
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March 26, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Nurture Those in Need
Lord God, you who has cared well for us, incline our hearts to nurture those that need it, lest we heap further punishment and abuse on those who struggle and instead give support to them that they may one day bear good fruit, through Christ the vine, through whom we connect and receive life from […]
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March 25, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Fulfill God’s Desire for Us
Gardener of our souls, we thank you for giving us more chances when we fail to fulfill your desire for us. Grant us grace to bear good fruit, that we might repay you for the good you have done for us, through Christ our Lord, who intercedes on our behalf before your throne in the […]
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March 24, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Repent
Great counselor, our conscience and source of wisdom, move us in our hearts to repent of our sin and foolishness, that we would not be destroyed but receive your mercy and escape the consequences that evil requires, through Christ our savior who died that we might live and now reigns in goodness and love with […]
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March 23, 2025
A Lenten Collect to not Assume Others’ Guilt
Holy God, judge of all people, keep us from simplistic assumptions, that we would not judge others for their misfortune but seek always to love and place others lives in your hands, through Christ our savior, who died that we might live and now reigns above with the Father and Holy Spirit in glory forever. […]
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March 22, 2025
A Lenten Collect to Eschew Ensnarement to Earthly Things
Holy God, whose nature is goodness and joy and love, draw our minds and hearts from earthly things, that we would not be ensnared by that which leads to destruction but be drawn to things that bring real life and satisfy the soul, through Jesus our brother, who showed us the way to the Father […]
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