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Sunday, March 7The Third Sunday in LentHoly Eucharist with the Society of St. John the EvangelistEntrance HymnJ. M. A. WrightSung Stories: Forty Days

Opening AcclamationPresiderPeopleBlessed be the God of our salvation:Who bears our burdens and forgives our sins.Confession and Absolution of SinPresiderDear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy, welcoming sinners and invitingthem to the Supper of the Lamb. Let us confess our sins confident in God’s forgiveness.All kneelPresiderPeopleGod of all mercy,we confess that we have sinned against you,opposing your will in our lives.We have denied your goodness in each other,in ourselves, and in the world you have created.We repent of the evil that enslaves us,the evil we have done,and the evil done on our behalf.Forgive, restore, and strengthen usthrough our Savior Jesus Christ,that we may abide in your loveand serve only your will. Amen.PresiderAlmighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the grace of Jesus Christ,strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.Amen.PeopleAll rise

Hymn of Supplication / TrisagionHymnal S 102Collect of the DayPresiderPeoplePresiderPeopleThe Lord be with you.And also with youLet us pray.Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardlyin our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which mayhappen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through JesusChrist our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.Amen.

First LessonExodus 20:1–17The Ten CommandmentsThen God spoke all these words:2Iam the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me.You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above,or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow downto them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for theiniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but showingsteadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.4You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquitanyone who misuses his name.7Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your sonor your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested theseventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.8Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lordyour God is giving you.1213You shall not murder.14You shall not commit adultery.15You shall not steal.16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male orfemale slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.17

PsalmPsalm 19RefrainSecond Lesson1 Corinthians 1:18–25Christ the Power and Wisdom of God18 Forthe message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who arebeing saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has notGod made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did notknow God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to savethose who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, 23 but we proclaim Christcrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are the called,both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For God’s foolishnessis wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.20

Gospel ReadingJohn 2:13–22Jesus Cleanses the Temple13 ThePassover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he foundpeople selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making awhip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He alsopoured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He told those whowere selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house amarketplace!” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consumeme.” 18 The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” 19 Jesus answeredthem, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “Thistemple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciplesremembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus hadspoken.Sermon

Nicene CreedHymnal S 104

Prayers of the PeopleThe PeaceOffertory HymnHymnal 518

The Great ThanksgivingSanctusThe Lord’s PrayerHymnal S 127

Fraction AnthemHymnal S 170

Collect of LongingLoving Father, we who are physically distant now groan inwardly as we await the day when we are restoredto the company of our neighbors and brought to the fullness of your presence in the Eucharistic feast.Comfort us in our longing to be near each other, assure us of your indwelling presence, and hasten theday when we will abide with you and all our beloved siblings in that kingdom where there is neithersorrow nor crying but the fullness of joy with all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.Invitation to CommunionPresider The Gifts of God for the People of God.Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts byfaith, with thanksgiving.Southern Africa Spiritual CommunionIn apartheid South Africa many prisoners were denied the sacraments and had to find other ways of taking SpiritualCommunion. This found its way into the 1989 Anglican Church of Southern Africa Prayer Book as a help to otherswho could not receiveJesus, may all that is you flow into me. May your body and blood be my food and drink. May your passionand death be my strength and life. Jesus, with you by my side enough has been given. May the shelter Iseek be the shadow of your cross. Let me not run from the love which you offer but hold me safe from theforces of evil. On each of my dyings shed your light and your love. Keep calling to me until that day comeswhen, with your saints, I may praise you for ever. Amen.

Closing HymnHymnal 495

Post Communion PrayerPresiderPeopleLet us pray.God of mercy and forgiveness,may we who share in this sacramentlive together in unity and peace,in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.PresiderBow down before the Lord.(Slight bowing of the head and shoulders)PeopleLook mercifully on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great goodness they may begoverned and preserved evermore; through Christ our Lord.Amen.DismissalBr. Luke Ditewig, PresiderBr. Lucas Hall, Preacher

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