Posts by ChristChurch

A Prayer for the Beginning of Lent O Lord, here we are again. The season of Lent. That time of the year to dig deeper To reach wider To love stronger. The season of Lent That time to embrace death To walk towards the cross To humble ourselves To pray, fast, and give our lives…

Psalm 86:1–11 Bow down your ear, O Lord, and answer me,   for I am poor and in misery. Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful;   save your servant who puts his trust in you. Be merciful to me, O Lord, for you are my God;   I call upon you all the day long.…

Psalm 51:1–10 1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness;   in your great compassion blot out my offenses. Wash me through and through from my wickedness   and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions,   and my sin is ever before me. Against you only have I sinned   and done what…

Psalm 1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked,   nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! Their delight is in the law of the Lord,   and they meditate on his law day and night. They are like trees planted by streams…

Psalm 103:8-14 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy,  slow to anger and of great kindness. He will not always accuse us,  nor will he keep his anger for ever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins,  nor rewarded us according to our wickedness. For as the heavens are high above…

The Collect Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you…

The Collect O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives…

The Collect Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son…

The Gospel Mark 11:1-11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it…

The Collect O Lord, in your goodness you bestow abundant graces on your elect: Look with favor, we entreat you, upon those who in these Lenten days are being prepared for Holy Baptism, and grant them the help of your protection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the…