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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeremiah 31.31\u201334<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31\u00a0The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32<\/sup>It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt\u2014a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. 33<\/sup>But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34<\/sup>No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, \u2018Know the Lord\u2019, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John 12.20\u201333<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20<\/sup>Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21<\/sup>They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, \u2018Sir, we wish to see Jesus.\u2019 22<\/sup>Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23<\/sup>Jesus answered them, \u2018The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24<\/sup>Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25<\/sup>Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26<\/sup>Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 27<\/sup>\u2018Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say\u2014\u201cFather, save me from this hour\u201d? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. 28<\/sup>Father, glorify your name.\u2019 Then a voice came from heaven, \u2018I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.\u2019 29<\/sup>The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, \u2018An angel has spoken to him.\u2019 30<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u2018This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. 31<\/sup>Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32<\/sup>And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.\u2019 33<\/sup>He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2021-03-21<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 21st March – The Fifth Sunday of Lent Collect Most merciful God,who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christdelivered and saved the world:grant that by faith in him who suffered on the crosswe may triumph in the power of his victory;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns … <\/p>\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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