Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460

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Purple or Lent array / white

Exciting Holiness
Deuteronomy 32.1-9 or
Tobit 13.1b-7
Psalm 145.1-13
2 Corinthians 4.1-12
Matthew 10.16-23 or
John 4.31-38

Holy Communion
Isaiah 49.8-15
Psalm 145.8-18
John 5.17-30

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fourth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about the man born blind is not read on the Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Micah 7.7-9
Psalm 27.1, 9-10, 16-17
John 9

Morning Prayer
Psalms 63, 90 (or) 119.153-end
Jeremiah 18.13-end
John 10.11-21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 52, 91 (or) 136
Exodus 4.1-23
Hebrews 10.1-18

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 13.20-27
1 Peter 1.17 - 2.3

Collect

Almighty God,
who in your providence chose your servant Patrick
to be the apostle of the Irish people:
keep alive in us the fire of the faith he kindled
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage
towards the light of everlasting life;
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

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal
the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share with Patrick and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.