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A Lenten Collect to Cease Striving to Earn Approval

Wonderful counselor, who guides us in perfect wisdom, teach us to let go of the urge to prove something through our goodness, that we would instead trust in your love and the love of those who care for us to forgive, embrace, and celebrate us as friends, through Christ our brother, who created us in…
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A Lenten Collect to Recognize the Value of Knowing Jesus

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A Lenten Collect to Not Cling to the Things of Earth

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A Lenten Collect to Recognize What God is About

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A Lenten Collect to Honor Jesus

Lord Jesus, whose crown is love and whose scepter is kindness, may we recognize the good you have done for us and our unworthiness in receiving it, that our hearts would be filled with desire to honor you, and we would give ourselves to demonstrating our gratitude and love, through you who reigns over all…
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A Lenten Collect to Recline with Christ

Blessed Jesus, worker of miracles, grant us grace to recline with you as Lazarus did, that we would experience your closeness and presence with comfort, knowing deeply that you care for us, through you who is the gate that leads to the Father and Holy Spirit. Amen. ‘Six days before the Passover Jesus came to…
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A Lenten Collect to be Reconciled to God

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A Lenten Collect to Escape Bitterness

Heavenly father, who is generous with the both foolish and the wise, keep us from bitterness and resentment, that we would not harbor anger in our souls and so burn ourselves but trust in your justice and goodness to all, through Christ our brother, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in…
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A Lenten Collect to Delight in the World Wisely

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A Lenten Collect to Recognize Our Foolishness

Spirit of wisdom, who knows the truth that can set us free, bring us to our senses when we have plunged ourselves into destruction, that we would recognize our foolishness and the largess of our heavenly Father and so turn and seek forgiveness and love, through Christ our savior, who loved us to the end…
