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A Maundy Thursday Collect

Suffering servant, who humbled yourself and took on the nature of a servant, grant us humility and freedom of heart as you had, that we would be willing to give up the status and titles the world so treasures in order to love one another well, through you who with the Father and Holy Spirit […]

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A Lenten Collect to Turn to God in Trouble

Gracious Father, who sustains all things in love, help us turn to you when we are scorned and abused, that we would be uplifted by your presence and love and have no need to take vengeance but return good for evil, through Christ who trusted in you and was raised to life eternal with you […]

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A Lenten Collect to Let Go of This World

God of earth and heaven, who was before all things and will remain after all is gone, help us to let go of those things that bind us to this world, that we would be free to receive the undying life that you offer and live with you in eternity. This we ask through your […]

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A Lenten Collect to Not Give In to Expediency

Holy one of God, who was tempted and yet did not give in to sin, help us to see when we are tempted by expediency for the fulfillment of our desires, that we would not place our plans above what is right and good and so give in to sin and destruction of ourselves and […]

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A Palm Sunday Collect

Lord God Almighty, who rules over heaven and earth in power and mercy, we praise you for your goodness and for the works you have done for us. May your glory resound throughout the earth that all would praise your name, through Christ our savior, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in perpetual […]

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A Lenten Collect for Strength to Continue On

God in highest heaven, who calls us to follow in the footsteps of your beloved son, grant us strength to continue in the journey, that we might attain the reward that you have prepared for those who seek you earnestly, becoming like your son, Jesus, who reigns now with you and the Holy Spirit in […]

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A Lenten Collect to Cease Striving to Earn Approval

Wonderful counselor, who guides us in perfect wisdom, teach us to let go of the urge to prove something through our goodness, that we would instead trust in your love and the love of those who care for us to forgive, embrace, and celebrate us as friends, through Christ our brother, who created us in […]

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A Lenten Collect to Recognize the Value of Knowing Jesus

Lord Jesus, who offers to call us friends, may we understand the great value of knowing you, that all other things would pale in comparison, and we would become willing to sacrifice much in order to build relationship with you, who loved us to the end and now intercedes for us before the throne of […]

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A Lenten Collect to Not Cling to the Things of Earth

Lord Jesus, the bridge between heaven and earth, keep us from clinging to the status and goals of this world, lest we seek only the things of earth and fail to attain that which will last into eternity, through you who brought us the words of heaven and now reigns forever with the Father and […]

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A Lenten Collect to Recognize What God is About

Holy Spirit of God, in whom we live and move and breathe, help us to see the opportunities that are before us, that we would not miss what you present for our good and recognize what you are about in us and in the world, through Christ our brother, who reigns with you and the […]

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