The Third Sunday of Lent

Purple or Lent array

Principal Service
Exodus 17.1-7
Psalm 95
Romans 5.1-11
John 4.5-42

Third Service
Psalm 46
Amos 7.10-17
2 Corinthians 1.1-11

Second Service
Psalm 40
Joshua 1.1-9
Ephesians 6.10-20
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 2.13-22

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 our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

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.