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The Third Sunday in Lent

3rd March 2024

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Principal Service

Collect One

We beseech thee, Almighty God,
mercifully to look upon thy people;
that by thy great goodness
they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Merciful Lord,
Grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
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

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Post Communion Prayer

Lord our God,
you feed us in this life with bread from heaven,
the pledge and foreshadowing of future glory.
Grant that the working of this sacrament within us
may bear fruit in our daily lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect Of The Word

O God,
the fountain of life,
to a humanity parched with thirst
you offer the living water that springs from the Rock,
our Saviour Jesus Christ:
stir up within your people the gift of your Spirit,
that we may profess our faith with freshness
and announce with joy the wonder of your love.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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.

Exodus 20: 1-17

*S84 - Lift high your hearts in blessing
*363 - O Lord of heaven and earth and sea
*135 - O come, O come, Emmanuel
*76 - Sweet is the work, my God, my King

Psalm 19

*S5 - All heaven declares
*606 - As the deer pants for the water
153 - Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
351 - From all that dwell below the skies
*631 - God be in my head
*696 - God, we praise you! God, we bless you!
616 - In my life, Lord, be glorified
*97 - Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
*383 - Lord, be thy word my rule
*384 - Lord, thy word abideth
*432 - Love is his word, love is his way
*S98 - My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
638 - O for a heart to praise my God
*34 - O worship the King all-glorious above
*35 - The spacious firmament on high
*S174 - Your words to me are life and health

1 Corinthians 1: 18-25

*10 - All my hope on God is founded
*643 - Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
*224 - How deep the Father's love for us
225 - In the cross of Christ I glory
*484 - Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
31 - Lord of the boundless curves of space
232 - Nature with open volume stands
*108 - Praise to the Holiest in the height
*248 - We sing the praise of him who died
*S161 - When pain and terror strike by chance

John 2: 13-22

*218 - And can it be that I should gain
*326 - Blessèd city, heavenly Salem (Christ is made the sure foundation)
*327 - Christ is our corner-stone
*453 - Come to us, creative Spirit
*222 - Here is love, vast as the ocean
*93 - I danced in the morning when the world was begun
*S71 - Jesus Christ is waiting
*336 - Jesus, where'er thy people meet
*659 - Onward, Christian soldiers
*340 - Sing and be glad, for this is God's house!
*487 - Soldiers of Christ, arise
*343 - We love the place, O God

Second Service

Collect One

We beseech thee, Almighty God,
mercifully to look upon thy people;
that by thy great goodness
they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Merciful Lord,
Grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
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 Psalm

The First Reading

The Gospel Reading

View readings

Post Communion Prayer

Lord our God,
you feed us in this life with bread from heaven,
the pledge and foreshadowing of future glory.
Grant that the working of this sacrament within us
may bear fruit in our daily lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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.

Psalms 11

*316 - Bright the vision that delighted
*557 - Rock of ages, cleft for me

12

*384 - Lord, thy word abideth

Exodus 5: 1 - 6: 1

679 - When Israel was in Egypt's land

Philippians 3: 4b-14

*S6 - All I once held dear, built my life upon
560 - Alone with none but thee, my God
*218 - And can it be that I should gain
*561 - Beneath the Cross of Jesus
*S13 - Beneath the cross of Jesus
*11 - Can we by searching find out God
*S41 - Glory to God, the source of all our mission
*418 - Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
225 - In the cross of Christ I glory
*95 - Jesus, priceless treasure
*99 - Jesus, the name high over all
*101 - Jesus, the very thought of thee
*425 - Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
671 - Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
*588 - Light of the minds that know him
*81 - Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided
*S100 - My hope is built on nothing less
106 - O Jesus, King most wonderful
621 - O Love divine, how sweet thou art!
*112 - There is a Redeemer
*373 - To God be the glory!
*248 - We sing the praise of him who died
*247 - When I survey the wondrous cross
*376 - Ye holy angels bright

Matthew 10: 16-22

589 - Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
*593 - O Jesus, I have promised
*597 - Take my life, and let it be
*S152 - This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine

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