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March 22, 2015
A Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
“The Pharisees��came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.” King of Glory, whose face must be hidden from us, forgive us our doubts and disbelief, and increase our trust in you,��that we might not��demand to see what can only be perceived��through eyes of faith, but entrust […]
March 21, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Eighth Day of Lent
“… for I am the Lord, your healer.” Great physician, who, having made them from dust and breath, knows the��ways of our being, body and soul, help us to be��open to knowing our��diseases and wounds, and��grant us sufficient trust to��offer them to you, that we might��be guided along the path toward healing, just as you […]
March 20, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Seventh Day of Lent
“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God…” Living Word, who spoke and brought about creation, teach us to stop and listen to the Spirit within us, and make us attentive to your movements and whispers, that we might learn from you and��find rest for our souls and��directions for our […]
March 19, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Sixth Day of Lent
“There the Lord made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them…” Holy Lord, who knows the value of your people, grant us perseverance to��endure the tests that are placed before us, that though we may struggle and suffer, we might emerge as precious metal refined in fire, through Jesus Christ […]
March 18, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Fifth Day of Lent
“… the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.” Shepherd of all people, provide for us the means of making��the bitterness of our lives sweet, and open our eyes to what you are about in doing so, for we do not always recognize the means […]
March 17, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Fourth Day of Lent
“And the people grumbled against Moses…” Patient God, who hears the frustrations and��cries of your people,��grant us the courage to cry out��to you in��our needs, but let us do so with respect and honor, trusting in your provision and patience, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, […]
March 16, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Third Day of Lent
“They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.” Bearer of the cross, who endured the difficulties of life as we do, let us not forget that��our time here on this Earth��will include hardship, but cause our hearts also to remember that these, too, are part of your plan and that you are […]
March 15, 2015
A Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
“Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea…” God of��wisdom, who does not permit his people to��remain forever at��the miraculous, but presses them to move forward and��beyond, instill in our hearts trust in you, that when the miraculous is left behind, we neither forget, nor long to return, but endeavor to follow wherever […]
March 14, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-Second Day of Lent
“And other seeds fell into good soil…” Sower of good news,��who offers to all the seed of the kingdom of heaven, teach us��what makes the soil around us nourishing to that seed, and grant us the strength to change those things that give no life, that��our lives��might give��cause for��your��kingdom to flourish. We ask this in […]
March 13, 2015
A Collect for the Twenty-First Day of Lent
“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing…” Source of all life, who knows the nature of your creation and the means by which it flourishes, grant that we might not merely hear��your word, but understand and accept it, that it might grow in our hearts, changing us to […]
