Lent

* The selections in italics are used when Option B has been taken on the Sunday before Lent. As these are accounts of the Transfiguration they are not used when the Sunday before Lent has been observed as Transfiguration Sunday.

Second Service

Psalm 135 or Psalm 135:1-14

Numbers 21:4-9

Luke 14:27-33

Psalm 135 or Psalm 135:1-14

Genesis 12:1-9

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

‡John 8:51-59

Psalm 135 or Psalm 135:1-14

Jeremiah 22:1-9, 13-17

Third Service

Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29

Psalm 119:161-176

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Romans 11:13-24

The Third Sunday in LentViolet

Principal Service

Year A

Year B

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

John 2:13-22

Year C

Isaiah 55:1-9

Psalm 63:1-9

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Second Service

‡ John 2:13-22

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or Matthew 10:16-22

Third Service

The Fourth Sunday in LentViolet

Principal Service

Year A

Year B

Year C

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Second Service

Psalm 31:1-16
or Psalm 31:1-8

Micah 7
or Prayer of Manasseh

‡ John 3:14-21

‡ John 12:1-8

Prayer of Manasseh
or Isaiah 40:27–41:13

2 Timothy 4:1-18

‡ John 11:17-44

If the Principal Service readings have been displaced by Mothering Sunday provisions, they may be used at the Second Service.

Third Service

Genesis 37:3-4, 12-36

1 Peter 2:16-25

Mothering Sunday

Exodus 2:1-10 or 1 Samuel 1:20-28

Psalm 34:11-20 or Psalm 127:1-4

2 Corinthians 1:3-7 or Colossians 3:12-17

Luke 2:33-35 or John 19:25-27

The Fifth Sunday in LentViolet

Principal Service

Year A

Year B

Psalm 51:1-13
or Psalm 119:9-16

Year C

Philippians 3:4b-14

Second Service

Psalm 34 or Psalm 34:1-10

Exodus 7:8-24

Romans 5:12-21

‡ Luke 22:1-13

Psalm 35 or Psalm 35:1-9

2 Chronicles 35:1-6, 10-16

Third Service

Third Service

The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)Red or Violet

Principal Service

Year A

Liturgy of the Palms

Matthew 21:1-11

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

Year B

Liturgy of the Palms

Mark 11:1-11
or John 12:12-16

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

Year C

Liturgy of the Palms

Luke 19:28-40

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

Liturgy of the Passion

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Psalm 31:9-16

Philippians 2:5-11

Matthew 26:14–27:66
or Matthew 27:11-54

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)

Liturgy of the Passion

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Psalm 31:9-16

Philippians 2:5-11

Luke 22:14–23:56
or Luke 23:1-49

Second Service

Third Service

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