SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSH1P
Come seek his face ... Wait for the Lord ... Take courage ... Be strong.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
CREATING SPIRIT, HEAR OUR CONFESSION, WE ARE OFTEN FORGETFUL OF WHO WE ARE AND IN WHOSE LIKENESS WE ARE CREATED. WE REGRET THE IMBALANCE IN OUR LIVES THAT TOO OFTEN ALLOWS OUR APPETITES TO RUN AWAY WITH US, SO THAT WE SEEM TO LIVE FOR EATING AND DRINKING AND LOVE-MAKING. OUR MINDS ARE TOO BUSY WITH PLANS TO GET AHEAD AND SATISFY BODILY DESIRES TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE REFRESHMENT OF THE SPIRIT, THE EXERCISE OF THE MIND, THE DISCIPLINE OF THE BODY. FORGIVE OUR EXCESSES AND DELIVER US FROM THEM THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Christ will transfigure these bodies belonging to our humble state, and give them a form like that of his own resplendent body by the very power which enables him to make all things subject to himself. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Live as citizens of heaven. Stand firm in the faith. Look to Jesus who will bring us joy and a crown beyond the cross.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
GOD OF ORDER AND TRUTH, AMONG THE MANY PERSONS WHO APPEAR HEROIC TO US, HELP US TO LOOK ONLY TO
THOSE WHO REMIND US MOST VIVIDLY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. HELP US TO HEED ONLY THOSE WHOSE ADVICE
AND GUIDANCE LEAD US IN HIS WAYS. SPEAK TO US THROUGH WHOM YOU PLEASE BUT LET US NEVER TURN
AWAY FROM YOUR ETERNAL SON. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
ETERNAL GOD, WHO IN JESUS CHRIST ACCEPTED THE LIMITATIONS OF TIME AS A PIONEER OF PERSEVERANCE, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROMISE THAT WAITS BEYOND THE YEARS OF WAITING, FOR THE TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSFIGURATION THAT LIES BEYOND THE DAYS OF HUMAN FRAILTY AND SUFFERING, FOR THE LIGHT THAT BREAKS THROUGH DARK CLOUDS, AND THE GLORY THAT OUTSHINES ALL HUMILIATION. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LIFE AND SUFFERING OF JESUS AND REJOICE IN THE GLORY THAT NOW IS HIS AND WHICH ONE DAY HE WILL SHARE WITH ALL WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE HIS SUFFERING: THROUGH THE SAME JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON AND OUR INTERCESSOR. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
IN THEMSELVES OUR GIFTS ARE LIFELESS, LIVING GOD, BUT THEY ARE A PORTION OF OUR LIVELIHOOD. ACCEPT THESE OFFERINGS OF OBEDIENT SERVICE IN HONOR OF YOUR NAME AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE WORLD; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 127
Unless the Lord builds the house, their labor is in vain who build it
UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE CITY, IN VAIN THE WATCHMAN KEEPS HIS VIGIL.
It is in vain that you rise so early and go to bed so late;
VAIN, TOO, TO EAT THE BREAD OF TOIL, FOR HE GIVES TO HIS BELOVED SLEEP.
Children are a heritage from the Lord,
AND THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB IS A GIFT.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
HAPPY IS THE MAN WHO HAS HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM!
(ALL) HE SHALL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME WHEN HE CONTENDS WITH HIS ENEMIES IN THE GATE.
Come seek his face ... Wait for the Lord ... Take courage ... Be strong.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
CREATING SPIRIT, HEAR OUR CONFESSION, WE ARE OFTEN FORGETFUL OF WHO WE ARE AND IN WHOSE LIKENESS WE ARE CREATED. WE REGRET THE IMBALANCE IN OUR LIVES THAT TOO OFTEN ALLOWS OUR APPETITES TO RUN AWAY WITH US, SO THAT WE SEEM TO LIVE FOR EATING AND DRINKING AND LOVE-MAKING. OUR MINDS ARE TOO BUSY WITH PLANS TO GET AHEAD AND SATISFY BODILY DESIRES TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE REFRESHMENT OF THE SPIRIT, THE EXERCISE OF THE MIND, THE DISCIPLINE OF THE BODY. FORGIVE OUR EXCESSES AND DELIVER US FROM THEM THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! Christ will transfigure these bodies belonging to our humble state, and give them a form like that of his own resplendent body by the very power which enables him to make all things subject to himself. Friends, believe the Good News. IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Live as citizens of heaven. Stand firm in the faith. Look to Jesus who will bring us joy and a crown beyond the cross.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
GOD OF ORDER AND TRUTH, AMONG THE MANY PERSONS WHO APPEAR HEROIC TO US, HELP US TO LOOK ONLY TO
THOSE WHO REMIND US MOST VIVIDLY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. HELP US TO HEED ONLY THOSE WHOSE ADVICE
AND GUIDANCE LEAD US IN HIS WAYS. SPEAK TO US THROUGH WHOM YOU PLEASE BUT LET US NEVER TURN
AWAY FROM YOUR ETERNAL SON. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
ETERNAL GOD, WHO IN JESUS CHRIST ACCEPTED THE LIMITATIONS OF TIME AS A PIONEER OF PERSEVERANCE, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROMISE THAT WAITS BEYOND THE YEARS OF WAITING, FOR THE TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSFIGURATION THAT LIES BEYOND THE DAYS OF HUMAN FRAILTY AND SUFFERING, FOR THE LIGHT THAT BREAKS THROUGH DARK CLOUDS, AND THE GLORY THAT OUTSHINES ALL HUMILIATION. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LIFE AND SUFFERING OF JESUS AND REJOICE IN THE GLORY THAT NOW IS HIS AND WHICH ONE DAY HE WILL SHARE WITH ALL WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE HIS SUFFERING: THROUGH THE SAME JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON AND OUR INTERCESSOR. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
IN THEMSELVES OUR GIFTS ARE LIFELESS, LIVING GOD, BUT THEY ARE A PORTION OF OUR LIVELIHOOD. ACCEPT THESE OFFERINGS OF OBEDIENT SERVICE IN HONOR OF YOUR NAME AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE WORLD; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 127
Unless the Lord builds the house, their labor is in vain who build it
UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE CITY, IN VAIN THE WATCHMAN KEEPS HIS VIGIL.
It is in vain that you rise so early and go to bed so late;
VAIN, TOO, TO EAT THE BREAD OF TOIL, FOR HE GIVES TO HIS BELOVED SLEEP.
Children are a heritage from the Lord,
AND THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB IS A GIFT.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
HAPPY IS THE MAN WHO HAS HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM!
(ALL) HE SHALL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME WHEN HE CONTENDS WITH HIS ENEMIES IN THE GATE.
