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A Lenten Collect to Love the Light
God of light and goodness, whose very nature is love and defines for us what goodness is, keep us from loving darkness and hiddenness,…
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A Lenten Collect of Thanks for God’s Offer of Salvation
Gracious Father, who desires such good for your children, we thank you and praise you for your great love for us, desiring that we might…
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A Lenten Collect to Maintain Hope for the World
Lord God Almighty, who is patient with your foolish children, you did not condemn the world. Keep us also from condemning the world, that…
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A Lenten Collect to Trust in Jesus
Lord Jesus Christ, only son of God, grant us faith to trust in you, that we might follow your ways and obey your commands, receiving…
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A Lenten Collect to Do Good
Holy Father, whose nature is goodness and whose character is ever virtue and love, incline our hearts to do good and to care for those…
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A Lenten Collect to Take Sabbath Rest
O Lord our God, who created all things and then stopped to enjoy all that you had done, let us set aside time for rest as you, ceasing…
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A Lenten Collect to Serve God Before Ourselves
O Lord our God, whose glory is visible in every corner of your creation, keep us from using your name or your church for our own…
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A Lenten Collect to Devote Ourselves First of All to God
You who are God alone, who forged the pillars of the earth and set them in place, keep our hearts from worshipping and devoting…
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A Lenten Collect for Devotion to God Alone
Lord God of Israel, who preserved your people and brought them out of bondage, show us where our hearts are devoted to things before you,…
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A Lenten Collect to Approach God with Reverence
Our Father, who reigns over all things from your heavenly throne, teach us to respect your presence and your ways, that we would enter…