The Sunday before Lent
23rd February 2020
For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.
Principal Service
Collect One
O Lord,
who hast taught us that all our doings without charity
are nothing worth;
Send thy Holy Spirit,
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.
Collect Two
Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
Give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The First Reading
The Psalm
The Second Reading
The Gospel Reading
View readingsPost Communion Prayer
Holy God
we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
May we who are partakers at his table
reflect his life in word and deed,
that all the world may know
his power to change and save.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Suggested Hymns
1st Reading Exodus 24: 12–18
325* Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One is here
647* Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Psalm Psalm 2
646* Glorious things of thee are spoken
238* [Ride on, ride on in majesty]
509* Your kingdom come, O God
Alternative Psalm Psalm 99 [1LC/Pr24A]
686* Bless the Lord, the God of our forebears
688* Come, bless the Lord, God of our forebears
431* Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
281* Rejoice, the Lord is King!
8* The Lord is King! lift up your voice
2nd Reading 2 Peter 1: 16–21
501 Christ is the world’s true light
52* Christ, whose glory fills the skies
613* Eternal light, shine in my heart
381* God has spoken – by his prophets
654* Light of the lonely pilgrim’s heart
7* My God, how wonderful thou art
386* Spirit of God, unseen as the wind
388* Word of the living God
The Gospel Matthew 17: 1–9 [L2A]
325* Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One is here
643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
501 Christ is the world’s true light
205 Christ upon the mountain peak
52* Christ, whose glory fills the skies
331 God reveals his presence
209 Here in this holy time and place
101* Jesus, the very thought of thee
195* Lord, the light of your love is shining
102* Name of all majesty
60 O Jesus, Lord of heavenly race
449 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
112* There is a Redeemer
374* When all thy mercies, O my God