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Lent | |||
| This prayer may be used on any day in Lent | ||||
| Almighty God, by the prayer and discipline of Lent may we enter into the mystery of Christ’s sufferings, and by following in his Way come to share in his glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Ash Wednesday |
Purple or |
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Principal Holy Day |
Lent Array |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty and everlasting
God, you hate nothing that you have made and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent: create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may receive from you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The First Sunday of Lent |
Purple or |
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Lent Array |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness, and was tempted as we are, yet without sin: give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit; and, as you know our weakness, so may we know your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Second Sunday of Lent |
Purple or |
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Lent Array |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty God, you show to those who are in error the light of your truth, that they may return to the way of righteousness: grant to all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, that they may reject those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| The Third Sunday of Lent |
Purple or |
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Lent Array |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Fourth Sunday of Lent |
Purple or |
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Lent Array |
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| Mothering Sunday may be celebrated in preference to the provision for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. | ||||
| Collect | ||||
| Merciful Lord, absolve your people from their offences, that through your bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins which by our frailty we have committed; grant this, heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. |
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| Mothering Sunday |
Purple or |
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Lent Array |
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| Mothering Sunday may be celebrated in preference to the provision for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. | ||||
| Collect | ||||
| God of compassion, whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary, shared the life of a home in Nazareth, and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself: strengthen us in our daily living that in joy and in sorrow we may know the power of your presence to bind together and to heal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Fifth Sunday of Lent |
Purple or |
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Passiontide
begins |
Lent Array |
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| Collect | ||||
| Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross we may triumph in the power of his victory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Palm Sunday |
Red |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty and everlasting
God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Maundy Thursday |
Red: |
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Principal Holy Day |
White for Holy Communion |
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| At Morning and Evening Prayer the Collect of Palm Sunday is used. | ||||
| (For the Collect at Holy Communion see Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England.) | ||||
| At Evening Prayer, canticle 68 may be said. | ||||
| Benedictus | ||||
| Christ loved those who were
his, and showed them how deep was his love for them. |
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| Magnificat | ||||
| Christ humbled himself for
us, and in obedience accepted death. |
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| Good Friday |
Hangings |
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Principal Holy Day |
removed: |
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red for the |
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liturgy |
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| Benedictus | ||||
| Over his head, they put the charge against
him: this is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. |
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| Magnificat | ||||
| Christ humbled himself for us, and in obedience accepted death, even death on a cross. |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty Father, look with mercy on this your family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of sinners and to suffer death upon the cross; who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| Easter Eve |
Hangings |
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removed |
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| At Morning Prayer, canticle 42 may be said. | ||||
| At Evening Prayer, canticle 57 may be said. | ||||
| Benedictus | ||||
| Destroy this temple and, in
three days, I will raise it up, says the Lord; this he said of the temple that was his body. |
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| Magnificat | ||||
| Christ humbled himself for us
and, in obedience, accepted death, even death on a cross therefore God raised him to the heights and gave him the name which is above all other names. |
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| Collect | ||||
| Grant, Lord, that we who are baptized into the death of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ may continually put to death our evil desires and be buried with him; and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection; through his merits, who died and was buried and rose again for us, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Easter | |||
| This prayer may be used on any day in the Easter season | ||||
| Risen Christ, you filled your disciples with boldness and fresh hope: strengthen us to proclaim your risen life and fill us with your peace, to the glory of God the Father. |
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| Easter Day |
Gold or |
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Principal Feast |
White |
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| Collect | ||||
| Lord of all life and
power, who through the mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign with him in glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise and honour, glory and might, now and in all eternity. |
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| The Second Sunday of Easter |
White |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty Father, you have given your only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our justification: grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Third Sunday of Easter |
White |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Fourth Sunday of Easter |
White |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in him, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, where he reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| The Fifth Sunday of Easter |
White |
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| Collect | ||||
| Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires, so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord. |
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| The Sixth Sunday of Easter |
White |
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| This provision is not used on or after Ascension Day. | ||||
| Collect | ||||
| God our redeemer, you have delivered us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of your Son: grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Ascension Day |
Gold or |
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Principal Feast |
White |
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| Collect | ||||
| Grant, we pray, almighty
God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens, so we in heart and mind may also ascend and with him continually dwell; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| The Seventh Sunday of Easter |
White |
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The Sunday after Ascension Day |
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| Collect | ||||
| O God the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: we beseech you, leave us not comfortless, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| Day of Pentecost |
Red |
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Whit Sunday |
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Principal Feast |
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| This provision is not used on the weekdays after the Day of Pentecost. | ||||
| Collect | ||||
| God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour. |
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