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
Ezekiel 47.1-9, 12
Psalm 46.1-8
John 5.1-3, 5-16

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 54, 79 (or) 132, 133
Exodus 2.23 - 3.20
Hebrews 9.15-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 80, 82 (or) (134), 135
Jeremiah 18.1-12
John 10.1-10

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 13.12-19
Acts 13.26-35

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