The First Sunday in Lent
6th March 2022
Principal Service
Collect One
O Lord,
who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights;
Give us grace to use such abstinence,
that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit,
we may ever obey thy godly motions
in righteousness, and true holiness,
to thy honour and glory,
who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end.
This collect may be said after the Collect of the day until Easter Eve.
Almighty and everlasting God,
who hatest nothing that thou hast made,
and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent;
Create and make in us new and contrite hearts,
that we worthily lamenting our sins,
and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect Two
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
Give us grace to discipline ourselves
in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Almighty and everlasting God,
you hate nothing that you have made
and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent:
Create and make in us new and contrite hearts
that we, worthily lamenting our sins
and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may receive from you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Reading
The Psalm
The Second Reading
The Gospel Reading
View readingsPost Communion Prayer
Lord God,
you renew us with the living bread from heaven.
Nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
strengthen our love,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect Of The Word
O saving God,
who led your people through the wilderness
and brought them to the promised land:
so guide us that, following our Saviour,
we may walk through the wilderness of this world
and be brought to the glory of the world which is to come;
through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Suggested Hymns
An asterisk (*) before the hymn number indicates that the hymn has been recorded for use in public worship by the Recorded Church Music Committee.
Deuteronomy 26: 1-11
*39 - For the fruits of his creation
*41 - God, whose farm is all creation
Psalm 91: 1-2, 9-16
*10 - All my hope on God is founded
*642 - Amazing grace (how sweet the sound!)
*643 - Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
*66 - Before the ending of the day
*459 - For all the saints, who from their labours rest
*668 - God is our fortress and our rock
*12 - God is our strength and refuge
*67 - God, who made the earth and heaven
*322 - I bind unto myself today
*14 - I lift my eyes to the quiet hills
*S58 - I will nor be afraid of what I hear
S66 - In the Lord I'll be ever thankful
212 - Jesus, grant me this, I pray
*S77 - Jesus, Saviour, Lord, now to you I fly
*S78 - Jesus, tempted in the desert
*635 - Lord, be my guardian and my guide
*S102 - My Jesus, my Saviour
*657 - O God of Bethel, by whose hand
*537 - O God, our help in ages past
*366 - Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
*365 - Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
*595 - Safe in the shadow of the Lord
444 - Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
*372 - Through all the changing scenes of life
*S168 - Wonderful Lord, wonderful God
*S173 - You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord
Romans 10: 8b-13
*250 - All hail the power of Jesu's name
501 - Christ is the world's true Light
*478 - Go forth and tell! O Church of God, awake!
*91 - He is Lord, he is Lord
*S63 - I'm not ashamed to own my Lord
*211 - Immortal love for ever full
*522 - In Christ there is no east or west
*94 - In the name of Jesus
*96 - Jesus is Lord! Creation's voice proclaims it
*425 - Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
*429 - Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
*29 - Lord of beauty, thine the splendour
*303 - Lord of the Church, we pray for our renewing
60 - O Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace
106 - O Jesus, King most wonderful
*306 - O Spirit of the living God
*595 - Safe in the shadow of the Lord
71 - Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise
444 - Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
*117 - To the name of our salvation
*664 - To Zion's hill I lift my eyes
*372 - Through all the changing scenes of life
*491 - We have a gospel to proclaim
*627 - What a Friend we have in Jesus
*S168 - Wonderful Lord, wonderful God
*S173 - You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord
Luke 4: 1-13
*218 - And can it be that I should gain
*66 - Before the ending of the day
*207 - Forty days and forty nights
*S41 - Glory to God, the source of all our mission
*668 - God is our fortress and our rock
*S78 - Jesus, tempted in the desert
*652 - Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
*635 - Lord, be my guardian and my guide
214 - O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
*595 - Safe in the shadow of the Lord
*596 - Seek ye first the kingdom of God
*S162 - When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
*641 - Yield not to temptation