Sunday 17 March 2024
5th Sunday of Lent
Passiontide begins
Year B
Collect
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.
or
Gracious Father,
you gave up your Son
out of love for the world:
lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion,
that we may know eternal peace
through the shedding of our Saviour’s blood,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Readings
Jeremiah 31.31-34
31 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32It 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—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. 33But 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. 34No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, ‘Know the Lord’, 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.
This is the word of the Lord.
AllThanks be to God.
Psalm 51.1-13
1 Have mercy on me, O God, in your great goodness; •
according to the abundance of your compassion
blot out my offences.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness •
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my faults •
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you only have I sinned •
and done what is evil in your sight,
5 So that you are justified in your sentence •
and righteous in your judgement.
6 I have been wicked even from my birth, •
a sinner when my mother conceived me.
7 Behold, you desire truth deep within me •
and shall make me understand wisdom
in the depths of my heart.
8 Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; •
wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
9 Make me hear of joy and gladness, •
that the bones you have broken may rejoice.
10 Turn your face from my sins •
and blot out all my misdeeds.
11 Make me a clean heart, O God, •
and renew a right spirit within me.
12 Cast me not away from your presence •
and take not your holy spirit from me.
13 Give me again the joy of your salvation •
and sustain me with your gracious spirit;
or Psalm 119.9-16
9 How shall young people cleanse their way •
to keep themselves according to your word?
10 With my whole heart have I sought you; •
O let me not go astray from your commandments.
11 Your words have I hidden within my heart, •
that I should not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord; •
O teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips have I been telling •
of all the judgements of your mouth.
14 I have taken greater delight in the way of your testimonies •
than in all manner of riches.
15 I will meditate on your commandments •
and contemplate your ways.
16 My delight shall be in your statutes •
and I will not forget your word.
Hebrews 5.5-10
5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him,
‘You are my Son,
today I have begotten you’;
6as he says also in another place,
‘You are a priest for ever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.’
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; 9and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, 10having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
This is the word of the Lord.
AllThanks be to God.
Gospel Reading
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
AllGlory to you, O Lord.
John 12.20-33
20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’ 22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very 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. 25Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.26Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour.
27 ‘Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—“Father, save me from this hour”? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name.’ Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.’29The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, ‘An angel has spoken to him.’ 30Jesus answered, ‘This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. 31Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ 33He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
AllPraise to you, O Christ.
Post Communion
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.
Our lady of the Dormition: Free Anglican Church , but not Episcopal. 