The Third Sunday of Lent

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Purple or Lent array

Principal Service
Exodus 20.1-17
Psalm 19*
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
John 2.13-22

Third Service
Psalm 18.1-25
Jeremiah 38
Philippians 1.1-26

Second Service
Psalms 11, 12
Exodus 5.1 - 6.1
Philippians 3.4b-14 or
Matthew 10.16-22

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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Lord,
grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil,
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Eternal God,
give us insight
to discern your will for us,
to give up what harms us,
and to seek the perfection we are promised
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Collect

We beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord.