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Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Hosea 5.15 - 6.6
Psalm 51.1-2, 17-end
Luke 18.9-14

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Third Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about the Samaritan woman is not read on the Third Sunday of Lent:
Exodus 17.1-7
Psalm 95.1-2, 6-end
John 4.5-42

Morning Prayer
Psalm 31 (or) 96, 97, 100
Exodus 1.22 - 2.10
Hebrews 8

Evening Prayer
Psalms 116, 130 (or) 104
Jeremiah 16.10 - 17.4
John 9.1-17

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.

Collect on the Eve of Lent 4

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

BCP Holy Communion

Hebrews 8.1-6
John 8.1-11