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2018/02/10

Sunday called Quinquagesima and Ash Wednesday - 2018


The Sunday called Quinquagesima, or the next Sunday before Lent.
1 Chronicles 29.10-13
Benedictus es, Domine Deus Israel
Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, * for ever and ever.
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: * for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine;
Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, * and thou art exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honour come of thee, * and thou reignest over all;
And in thine hand is power and might; *and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, * and praise thy glorious name.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

The Collect.
O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.

Old Testament Reading: Deuteronomy 10.12-11.1
Psalter: Psalm 15, 16 | 111, 112
Epistle Reading: 1 Corinthians 13.1-13
Gospel Reading: St. Luke 18.31-43



The First day of Lent,
Commonly called Ash-Wednesday.
Isaiah 12.1-6
Confitebor tibi
O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, * and thou comfortedst me.
Behold, God is my salvation; * I will trust, and not be afraid:
For the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; * he also is become my salvation.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. * And in that day shall ye say,
Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, * make mention that his name is exalted.
Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: * this is known in all the earth.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: * for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.


The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

{This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day.}

Old Testament Reading: Joel 2.12-17
Psalter: Psalm 51
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 6.16-21


A history on the use – disuse – and then return of ashes to Ash Wednesday, as well as a Lenten meditation: http://anglicanorthodoxchurch.blogspot.com/2013/02/ash-wednesday.html

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