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Advent
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The
First Sunday of Advent
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Purple
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Collect
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Almighty
God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and
to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal
life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great
humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again
in his glorious majesty
to
judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life
immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
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This
Collect may be used as the Post Communion on any day from the
Second Sunday of Advent until Christmas Eve instead of the Post
Communion provided.
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Almighty
God,
as your kingdom dawns,
turn us from the darkness of
sin to the
light of
holiness,
that we may be ready to meet you
in our Lord
and Saviour, Jesus Christ. |
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Post
Communion
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O Lord our
God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await
the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall
appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in
his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus
Christ our Lord. |
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The
Second Sunday of Advent
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Collect
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O Lord,
raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and
with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins
and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the
race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and
mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus
Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy
Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever. |
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Almighty
God,
purify our hearts and minds,
that when your Son
Jesus Christ comes again as
judge
and saviour
we may be ready to receive him,
who is our
Lord and our God. |
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Post
Communion
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Father in
heaven,
who sent your Son to redeem the world
and will
send him again to be our judge:
give us grace so to imitate
him
in the humility and
purity of his first coming
that, when he comes again,
we
may be ready to greet him
with joyful love and firm
faith;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Third Sunday of Advent
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Purple
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Collect
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O Lord Jesus
Christ,
who at your first coming sent your messenger
to
prepare your way before you:
grant that the ministers and
stewards of your mysteries
may likewise so prepare and make
ready your way
by turning the hearts of the disobedient to
the wisdom of the just,
that at your second coming to judge
the world
we may be found an acceptable people in your
sight;
for you are alive and reign with the Father
in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
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God for whom
we watch and wait,
you sent John the Baptist to prepare the
way of your Son:
give us courage to speak the truth,
to
hunger for justice,
and to suffer for the cause of
right,
with Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Communion
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We give you
thanks, O Lord, for these heavenly gifts;
kindle in us the
fire of your Spirit
that when your Christ comes again
we
may shine as lights before his face;
who is alive and reigns
now and for ever. |
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The
Fourth Sunday of Advent
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Purple
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This
provision is not used on weekdays after 23 December.
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Collect
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God our
redeemer,
who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the
mother of your Son:
grant that, as she looked for his coming
as our saviour,
so we may be ready to greet him
when he
comes again as our judge;
who is alive and reigns with
you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and
for ever. |
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Eternal
God,
as Mary waited for the birth of your Son,
so we
wait for his coming in glory;
bring us through the birth
pangs of this present age
to see, with her, our great
salvation
in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
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Heavenly
Father,
who chose the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the
mother of the promised saviour:
fill us your servants with
your grace,
that in all things we may embrace your holy
will
and with her rejoice in your salvation;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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24
December
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Christmas
Eve |
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Almighty
God,
you make us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the
birth of your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully
receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence
behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who is
alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy
Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
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Almighty
God,
as we prepare with joy
to celebrate the gift of the
Christ-child,
embrace the earth with your glory
and be
for us a living hope
in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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Eternal God,
for whom we wait,
you have fed us with the bread of eternal
life:
keep us ever watchful,
that we may be ready to
stand before the Son of man,
Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Christmas
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25
December
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Christmas
Night
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or
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Principal
Feast
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Eternal
God,who made this most holy night
to shine with the
brightness of your one true light:
bring us, who have known
the revelation of that light on earth,
to see the radiance of
your heavenly glory;
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. |
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Eternal
God,
in the stillness of this night
you sent your
almighty Word
to pierce the world's darkness with the light
of salvation:
give to the earth the peace that we long
for
and fill our hearts with the joy of heaven
through
our Saviour, Jesus Christ. |
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Post
Communion
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God our
Father,
in this night you have made known to us again
the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
confirm our faith and fix
our eyes on him
until the day dawns
and Christ the
Morning Star rises in our hearts.
To him be glory both now
and for ever. |
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25
December
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Christmas
Day
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Principal
Feast
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Almighty
God,
you have given us your only-begotten Son
to take
our nature upon him
and as at this time to be born of a pure
virgin:
grant that we, who have been born again
and made
your children by adoption and grace,
may daily be renewed by
your Holy Spirit;
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. |
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Lord Jesus
Christ,
your birth at Bethlehem
draws us to kneel in
wonder at heaven touching earth:
accept our heartfelt
praise
as we worship you,
our Saviour and our eternal
God. |
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Post
Communion
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God our
Father,
whose Word has come among us
in the Holy Child
of Bethlehem:
may the light of faith illumine our hearts
and
shine in our words and deeds;
through him who is Christ the
Lord. |
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The
First Sunday of Christmas
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White
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This
provision is not used on weekdays after 5 January.
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When
the Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, falling on a
Sunday, is transferred to Monday 2 January, the Sunday is kept as
the Second Sunday of Christmas but this provision is used. |
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Almighty
God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and
yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus
Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so
we may share the life of his divinity;
who is alive and
reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one
God, now and for ever. |
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God in
Trinity,
eternal unity of perfect love:
gather the
nations to be one family,
and draw us into your holy
life
through the birth of Emmanuel,
our Lord Jesus
Christ. |
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Post
Communion
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Heavenly
Father,
whose blessed Son shared at Nazareth the life of an
earthly home:
help your Church to live as one family,
united
in love and obedience,
and bring us all at last to our home
in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Second Sunday of Christmas
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White
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provision is not used on weekdays after 5 January.
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When
the Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, falling on a
Sunday, is transferred to Monday 2 January, the Sunday is kept as
the Second Sunday of Christmas but the provision for the First
Sunday of Christmas is used. |
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Collect
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Almighty
God,
in the birth of your Son
you
have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and
shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his
light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of
his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity
of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
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God our
Father,
in love you sent your Son
that the world may
have life:
lead us to seek him among the outcast
and to
find him in those in need,
for Jesus Christ's sake. |
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Post
Communion
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All praise
to you,
almighty God and heavenly king,
who sent your
Son into the world
to take our nature upon him
and to be
born of a pure virgin:
grant that, as we are born again in
him,
so he may continually dwell in us
and reign on
earth as he reigns in heaven,
now and for ever. |
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Epiphany |
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6
January
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The
Epiphany
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Feast
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O God,
who
by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the
peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know
you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to
face;
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. |
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Creator of
the heavens,
who led the Magi by a star
to worship the
Christ-child:
guide and sustain us,
that we may find our
journey's end
in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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Lord
God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we
who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern
the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh,
Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Baptism of Christ
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First Sunday of Epiphany
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Second Sunday of Epiphany when 6 January is a Sunday) |
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Eternal
Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be
your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to
us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may
be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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. |
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Heavenly
Father,
at the Jordan you revealed Jesus as your Son:
may
we recognize him as our Lord
and know ourselves to be your
beloved children;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. |
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Post
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Lord of all
time and eternity,
you opened the heavens and revealed
yourself as Father
in the baptism of Jesus your beloved
Son:
by the power of your Spirit
complete the heavenly
work of our rebirth
through the waters of the new
creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Second Sunday of Epiphany
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White
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When
6 January is a Sunday this provision is replaced by that for the
Baptism of Christ. |
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Collect
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Almighty
God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the
poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the
renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
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. |
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Eternal
Lord,
our beginning and our end:
bring us with the whole
creation
to your glory, hidden through past ages
and
made known
in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
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God of
glory,
you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of
life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the
light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask
this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Third Sunday of Epiphany
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White
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Almighty
God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder
of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly
grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your mighty
power;
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. |
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God of all
mercy,
your Son proclaimed good news to the poor,
release
to the captives,
and freedom to the oppressed:
anoint us
with your Holy Spirit
and set all your people free
to
praise you in Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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Almighty
Father,
whose Son our Saviour Jesus Christ is the light of
the world:
may your people,
illumined by your word and
sacraments,
shine with the radiance of his glory,
that
he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed
to
the ends of the earth;
for he is alive and reigns, now and
for ever. |
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The
Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
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White
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Collect
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God our
creator,
who in the beginning
commanded the light to
shine out of darkness:
we pray that the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ
may dispel the darkness of ignorance and
unbelief,
shine into the hearts of all your people,
and
reveal the knowledge of your glory
in
the face of 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. |
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God of
heaven,
you send the gospel to the ends of the earth
and
your messengers to every nation:
send your Holy Spirit to
transform us
by the good news of everlasting life
in
Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Generous
Lord,
in word and eucharist we have proclaimed the mystery of
your love:
help us so to live out our days
that we may
be signs of your wonders in the world;
through Jesus Christ
our Saviour. |
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2
February
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The
Presentation of Christ
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the Temple
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Candlemas
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Principal
Feast
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Collect
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Almighty and
ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son
was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our
flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure
and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who
is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy
Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
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Lord Jesus
Christ,
light of the nations and glory of Israel:
make
your home among us,
and present us pure and holy
to your
heavenly Father,
your God, and our God. |
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Post
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Lord, you
fulfilled the hope of Simeon and Anna,
who lived to welcome
the Messiah:
may we, who have received these gifts beyond
words,
prepare to meet Christ Jesus when he comes
to
bring us to eternal life;
for he is alive and reigns, now and
for ever. |
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Ordinary
Time
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The
Fifth Sunday before Lent
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Green
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This
provision is always used from the day after the Presentation of
Christ in the Temple until the first of the Sundays before Lent.
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Collect
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Almighty
God,
by whose grace alone we are accepted
and
called to your service:
strengthen us by your Holy Spirit
and
make us worthy of our calling;
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. |
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God of our
salvation,
help us to turn away from those habits which harm
our bodies
and poison our
minds
and to choose again your gift of life,
revealed to
us in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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God of
truth,
we have seen with our eyes
and
touched with our hands the bread of life:
strengthen our
faith
that we may grow in love for you and for each
other;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Fourth Sunday before Lent
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Collect
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O God,
you
know us to be set
in the midst of so many and great
dangers,
that by reason of the frailty of our nature
we
cannot always stand upright:
grant to us such strength and
protection
as may support us in all dangers
and carry us
through all temptations;
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. |
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Lord of the
hosts of heaven,
our salvation and our strength,
without
you we are lost:
guard us from all that harms or hurts
and
raise us when we fall;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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Go before
us, Lord, in all we do
with your most gracious favour,
and
guide us with your continual help,
that in all our
works
begun, continued and ended in you,
we may glorify
your holy name,
and finally by your mercy receive everlasting
life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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The
Third Sunday before Lent
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Collect
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Almighty
God,
who alone can bring order
to the unruly wills and
passions of sinful humanity:
give your people grace
so
to love what you command
and to desire what you
promise,
that, among the many changes of this world,
our
hearts may surely there be fixed
where true joys are to be
found;
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. |
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Eternal
God,
whose Son went among the crowds
and brought healing
with his touch:
help us to show his love,
in your Church
as we gather together,
and by our lives as they are
transformed
into the
image of Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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Merciful
Father,
who gave Jesus Christ to be for us the bread of
life,
that those who come to him should never hunger:
draw
us to the Lord in faith and love,
that we may eat and drink
with him
at his table in the kingdom,
where he is alive
and reigns, now and for ever. |
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The
Second Sunday before Lent
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Collect
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Almighty
God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made
us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all
your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy
Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever. |
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Almighty
God,
give us reverence for all creation
and respect for
every person,
that we may mirror your likeness
in Jesus
Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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God our
creator,
by your gift
the tree of life was set at the
heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the
heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your
table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour's
cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus
Christ our Lord. |
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The
Sunday next before Lent
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This
provision is not used on or after Ash Wednesday.
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Collect
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Almighty
Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he
suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his
glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and
be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
who is
alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy
Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. |
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Holy
God,
you know the disorder of our sinful lives:
set
straight our crooked hearts,
and bend our wills to love your
goodness
and your
glory
in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Post
Communion
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Holy God,
we
see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ:
may we who are
partakers at his table
reflect his life in word and
deed,
that all the world may know his power to change and
save.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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