Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556

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Purple or Lent array / red

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 43.1-3a
Psalm 119.169-176
2 Timothy 2.8-15
John 10.11-15

Holy Communion
Jeremiah 11.18-20
Psalm 7.1-2, 8-10
John 7.40-52

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
Psalm 32 (or) 147
Exodus 7.8-end
Hebrews 11.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 140, 141, 142 (or) 148, 149, 150
Jeremiah 20.7-end
John 11.17-27

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ezra 1
2 Corinthians 1.12-19

BCP: Benedict, Abbot, c.550

BCP Holy Communion