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Preparation for Public Worship

Guide and direct us, O Lord, always and everywhere with your holy light, that we may discern with clear vision your presence among us, and partake with worthy intention of your divine mysteries. We ask this for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.

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The Feast of Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday opens Lent: forty days of fasting, penitence, and prayer, counted apart from the Sundays, in preparation for Easter. Where ashes are imposed, they are given as a sign of mortality and repentance, with the sentence spoken over Adam spoken again over each worshipper. The day commemorates no event. It begins a season.

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The Day’s Prayers

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Morning Prayer

Psalms 108, 110 · Genesis 44 · Matthew 4

Evening Prayer

Psalm 109 · Jeremiah 44 · 2 Corinthians 12:1–13

Midday

Psalm 119:73–104

Family Close of Day

Psalm 134 · Jeremiah 44 · 2 Corinthians 12:1–13

Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1–2, 12–17 or Isaiah 58:1–12 · Psalm 103 or Psalm 103:8–14 · 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:10 · Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21