Opening Prayer:
Lord our God, in every age you call a people to hear
your word and to do your will. Renew us in these Lenten days: washed clean of
sin, sealed by the Spirit, and sustained by your living bread, may we remain
true to our calling and, with the elect, serve you alone. We ask these things
through Jesus Christ, our liberator from sin, who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen
READINGS: Jeremiah 9:23-24; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Mark 2:18-22
LORD'S PRAYER
APOSTLES' CREED
Martin Luther's Morning Prayer:
I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,
that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger.
I ask you to keep me this day, also, from sin and every evil,
that my thoughts, words, and deeds may serve and please you.
Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.
Let your angel be with me,
that the evil one have no power over me. Amen
OR -
Martin Luther's Evening Prayer
I thank you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son,
that you have graciously kept me this day.
I ask you to forgive me my sins and the wrong I have done,
and graciously to keep me this night.
Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things.
Let your angel be with me,
that the evil one have no power over me. Amen
