Trial Use Propers Ash Wednesday to Palm/Passion Sunday 2015

Trial Use Propers

Ash Wednesday to Palm/Passion Sunday

The following Collects, Prayer over the Gifts and Prayer after Communion are alternatives to the contemporary-language Propers found in The Book of Alternative Services and, where authorized, the Collects found in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

Collects

Ash Wednesday
Joel 2.1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58.1-12; Psalm 103.8-18; 2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10; Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21
Almighty and holy God,
your Son, in obedience to the Spirit,
fasted forty days in the desert:
give us grace to discipline ourselves
sothat we may press on towards Easter
with eager faith and love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.
‘Trial Use Propers’ (2014) / O God,
you delight not in pomp and show,
but in a humble and contrite heart.
Overturn our love of worldly possessions
and fix our hearts more firmly on you,
so that, having nothing,
we may yet possess everything,
a treasure stored up for us in heaven. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), alt.
Lent 1
Genesis 9.8-17; Psalm 25.1-9; 1 Peter 3.18-22; Mark 1.9-15
God of our salvation,
your bow in the clouds
proclaims your covenant with every living creature.
Teach us your paths and lead us in your truth,
so that by your Holy Spirit,
we may remember our baptismal vows
and be keepers of your trust
with earth and its inhabitants. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), alt. / God of the wilderness,
your Son battled with the powers of darkness
and grew closer to you in the desert:
help us to use thee forty days
to grow in wisdom and prayer,
so that we may witness to your saving love
in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Common Worship (2000), alt.
Lent 2
Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22.22-30; Romans 4.13-25; Mark 8.31-38 or Mark 9.2-9 [*]
God of Sarah and Abraham,
long ago you embraced your people in covenant
and promised them your blessing.
Strengthen us in faith
so that, with your followers in every age,
we may proclaim our deliverance in Jesus Christ
to generations yet unborn. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), alt. / Faithful God,
may we set our minds and wills to yours,
and take up our cross,
following Christ with confidence
for the glory you reveal in him;
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
FWM Proposed Prayers, alt.
Lent 3
Exodus 20.1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1.18-25; John 2.13-22
Almighty God,
your dear Son went not up to joy,
but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified.
Mercifully grant that we,
walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Common Worship (2000), alt. / God of the covenant,
give us zeal to discern the foolishness
and the wisdom of this present age,
so that we may proclaim Christ crucified;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
FWM Proposed Prayers
Lent 4
Numbers 21.4-9; Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2.1-10; John 3.14-21
Steadfast God,
you reach out to us in mercy.
When we rebel against your holy call
and walk in disobedience,
soften our hearts with the warmth of your love,
so that we may know your Son
alive within us, redeeming us,
and raising us up into your eternal presence. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), alt. / God of grace,
you know our struggle to serve you:
when sin spoils our lives
and overshadows our hearts,
come to our aid
and turn us back to you again;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Common Worship (2000)
Lent 5
Jeremiah 31.31-34; Psalm 51.1-13 or Psalm 119.9-16; Hebrews 5.5-10; John 12.20-33
God of suffering and glory,
in Jesus Christ you reveal the way of life
through the path of obedience.
Write your law on our hearts,
so that we may not stray from you,
but be your people. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), alt. / God of glory,
your revelation through Jesus Christ
calls us into your covenant of love.
Enable us now to reflect your love,
so that barriers erected by sin may be broken down,
and all people may be drawn to you;
through him who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever. Amen.
FWM Proposed Prayers, alt.
Lent 6: Palm/Passion Sunday
Liturgy of the Palms: Mark 11.1-11 or John 12.12-16; Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50.4-9a; Psalm 31.9-16; Philippians 2.5-11; Mark 14.1-15.47 or Mark 15.1-39, (40-47)
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
so that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory. Amen.
Common Worship (2000), alt.

Prayer over the Gifts and Prayer after Communion

Prayer over the Gifts / Prayer after Communion
God our provider,
you have not fed us with bread alone,
but with words of grace and life.
Bless us and these your gifts,
which we receive from your bounty,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006) / Compassionate God,
you have fed us with the bread of heaven.
Sustain us in our Lenten pilgrimage;
may our fasting be hunger for justice;
our alms, a making of peace;
and our prayer, the song of grateful hearts;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), alt.

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[*]The Trial Use Collects reflect Mark 8.31-38. If the congregation is using Mark 9.2-9, the Transfiguration, then the Trial Use Collect for the Last Sunday after Epiphany should be used.