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A Lenten Collect to Delight in the World Wisely
Generous Father, from whom all good gifts come, help us to use your creation and all your gifts wisely and in gratitude, that we would not waste your gifts and so destroy ourselves but enjoy the world that you have made as long as you grant us days, through Jesus our brother, who lives with…
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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…
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A Lenten Collect of Thanks for God’s Forgiveness
Loving Father, who created us in an overflow of love, we thank you for being always ready to receive us, regardless of our offenses. Let us never forget your generous heart, that we would never fear to turn to you and seek your forgiveness and love, through Christ our Savior, who reigns with you and…
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A Lenten Collect to Cease Judging Others
Loving God, who welcomes all who would come to you, keep us from judging those whom you love, lest we fail to see our own faults and needs and so put divisions between your children and isolate ourselves from you, through Christ our savior, who gave himself for all and now intercedes for us before…
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A Lenten Collect to Welcome the Outcast and Sinner
Loving Father, who takes great delight in all your children, help us to welcome and live alongside those whom the world ignores and despises, that we would be truly your children who choose first to love and show graciousness to all who would receive it, through Christ our brother, who dined with the outcasts and…
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A Lenten Collect to Turn to God in Temptation and Sin
Spirit of the Lord, who guides us towards righteousness and goodness, help us to turn towards God and seek the Lord when we fall into sin, that not only will we receive forgiveness, but that we might receive the love and grace to set aside our destructive impulses and live in the ways of your…
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A Lenten Collect to Seek God for Our Needs
Generous Father, who delights in giving to your children, incline our hearts to turn to you for our needs, that as we turn to you, we would find our trust and love for you strengthened as we receive good gifts from your hand, through Christ our savior, who lives and reigns with you and the…
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A Lenten Collect to Not Waste Ourselves
Loving Lord, who provides for us good things to satisfy our souls, keep us from wasting ourselves on that which entices but does not satisfy, that we would delight ourselves in what is good and lasting, remaining strong and tied to you and to one another, through Christ our teacher, who showed us how you…
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A Lenten Collect to Nurture Those in Need
Lord God, you who has cared well for us, incline our hearts to nurture those that need it, lest we heap further punishment and abuse on those who struggle and instead give support to them that they may one day bear good fruit, through Christ the vine, through whom we connect and receive life from…
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A Lenten Collect to Fulfill God’s Desire for Us
Gardener of our souls, we thank you for giving us more chances when we fail to fulfill your desire for us. Grant us grace to bear good fruit, that we might repay you for the good you have done for us, through Christ our Lord, who intercedes on our behalf before your throne in the…