Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Lent
Morning Prayer
Opening Sentence
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. matthew 3:2
Antiphon
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: * O come, let us adore him.
Psalms
40
First Lesson
Exod 24
Second Lesson
Matt 22:34-23:12
Evening Prayer
Opening Sentence
For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me. psalm 51:3
Psalms
39, 41
First Lesson
Prov 16
Second Lesson
Philemon
Collects
Seasonal Collect
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Special Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, you called your servant N. to preach the Gospel to the people of _________ [or to the __________ people]: Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Seasonal Blessing
Look with compassion, O Lord, upon this your people; that, continuing to rightly observe this holy season, they may learn to know you more fully, and to serve you with a more perfect will; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Remembrance
Patrick, Bishop and Apostle to the Irish, 461