LENT
ASH WEDNESDAY
Collect*
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. 1#
This collect may be used as the Post Communion on any day from the First
Sunday of Lent until the Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Lent instead
of the Post Communion prayer provided.
Post Communion*
Almighty God
you have given your only Son to be for us
both a sacrifice for sin
and also an example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive
these his inestimable gifts,
and also daily endeavour ourselves
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Easter 2 #
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Collect
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. 7
Post Communion
Lord God,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it your nourish our faith, increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 17
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Collect*
Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth
that they may return to the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ's religion,
that they may reject those things that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable
to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Easter 3 #
Post Communion*
Almighty God,
you see that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves:
keep us both outwardly in our bodies,
and inwardly in our souls;
that we may be defended from all adversities
which may happen to the body,
and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Lent 2 #
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Collect
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. 1 Trinity 18 #
Post Communion*
Almighty God,
look upon the heartfelt desires of your humble servants
and stretch forth the right hand of your majesty,
to be our defence against all our enemies;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Lent 3 #
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
MOTHERING SUNDAY
Collect
Lord God
whose blessed Son our Saviour
gave his back to the smiters
and did not hide his face from shame:
give us grace to endure the sufferings of this present time
with sure confidence in the glory that shall be revealed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 7 Pentecost 13
Or, for Mothering Sunday
God of compassion,
whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,
shared the life of a home in Nazareth,
and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself
strengthen us in our daily living
that in joy and in sorrow
we may know the power of your presence
to bind together and to heal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 18
Post Communion*
Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ's sake,our blessed Lord and Saviour. 1 Trinity 24 #
Or, for Mothering Sunday
Loving God,
as a mother feeds her children at the breast
you feed us in this sacrament
with the food and drink of eternal life:
help us who have tasted your goodness
to grow in grace within the household of faith;
through Jesus Christ our Lord 18
PASSIONTIDE
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Collect
Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross,
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 7
Post Communion
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 7 Pentecost 11 #
THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF LENT
PALM SUNDAY
Collect*
Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example
of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2#
Post Communion
Lord Jesus Christ,
you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant
and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation:
give us the mind to follow you
and to proclaim you as Lord and King,
to the glory of God the Father. 2
This Post Communion Prayer is also used on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
in Holy Week
MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK
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 his cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2
TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Collect
O God,
who by the passion of your blessed Son
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 pain and loss
for the sake of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 2
WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Collect
Lord God,
whose blessed Son our Saviour
gave his back to the smiters,
and did not hide his face from shame:
Give us grace to endure
the sufferings of this present time,
with sure confidence in the glory
that shall be revealed;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. 2.
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Collect
God our Father,
you have invited us to share in the supper
which your Son gave to his Church
to proclaim his death until he comes:
may he nourish us by his presence,
and unite us in his love;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever 9
At Morning and Evening Prayer the Collect of Palm Sunday is used or the
following
Almighty God,
at the Last Supper your Son Jesus Christ washed the disciples' feet
and commanded them to love one another:
Give us humility and obedience to be servants of others
as he was the servant of all;
who gave up his life and died for us,
yet is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 2#
Post Communion
Lord Jesus Christ,
we thank you that in a wonderful sacrament
you have given us the memorial of your passion:
grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries
of your body and blood
that we may know within ourselves
and show forth in our lives
the fruit of your redemption,
for you are alive and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 2#
GOOD FRIDAY
Collect*
Almighty Father,
look with mercy on this your family
for which our Lord Jesus Christ
was content to be betrayed
and given up into the hands of sinners
and to suffer death upon the cross;
who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 2#
EASTER EVE
Collect*
Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits, who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1#
EASTERTIDE
EASTER DAY
Collect
Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity. 7
Post Communion
Living God,
who for our redemption gave your
only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily unto sin,
that we may evermore live with him
in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 4#
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Collect
Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven
of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Easter 1 #
Post Communion
Lord God our Father,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
you have assured your children of eternal life
and in baptism have made us one with him:
deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in your love,
in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Pentecost 3
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Collect
Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 7 Easter 1
Post Communion
Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 16 Easter 2
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 7 Easter 3 #.
Post Communion
Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Easter 2 #
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Collect*
Almighty God,
through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
you have overcome death and opened to us
the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help we may bring them
to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our Risen Lord
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 1 Easter Day #
Post Communion
Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life:
grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth,
and to share his risen life,
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 7 9th before Easter.
THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
ROGATION SUNDAY
Collect
God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 9#
Post Communion
God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we also thirst for you.
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 16 Lent 3 #
THE ASCENSION DAY
Collect*
Grant, we pray, almighty God.
that as we believe your only-begotten Son
our Lord Jesus Christ
to have ascended into the heavens,
so we in heart and mind may also ascend
and with him continually dwell;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 1#
Post Communion
God our Father,
you have raised our humanity in Christ
and have fed us with the bread of heaven:
mercifully grant that, nourished with such spiritual blessings,
we may set our hearts in the heavenly places;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 18#
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Collect*
O God the King of Glory,
you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ
with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:
we beseech you, leave us not comfortless,
but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us
and exalt us to the place
where our Saviour Christ is gone before,
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 1#
Post Communion
Eternal Giver of love and power,
your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world
to preach the gospel of his kingdom:
confirm us in this mission,
and help us to live the good news we proclaim;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 16
PENTECOST
WHITSUNDAY
Collect*
God, who as at this time
taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
grant us by the same Spirit
to have right judgement in all things
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you
in the unity of the Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. 1#
Post Communion
Faithful God,
who fulfilled the promises of Easter
by sending us your Holy Spirit
and opening to every race and nation
the way of life eternal:
open our lips by your Spirit,
that every tongue may tell of your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 16#