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Ash Wednesday
GOD WELCOMES US
Come back to the Lord your God;
He is kind and full of mercy.
He is patient and keeps his promise;
he is always ready to forgive and
not punish.
In the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit
Amen.
We sing a Lenten hymn/song
We confess our sin and pray for
forgiveness - Psalm 51
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
Be merciful, be merciful, O God.
For I know my transgressions, and my
sin is ever before me.
Against you, you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your
sentence and blameless when you
pass judgment.
Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner
when my mother conceived me.
Be merciful, be merciful, O God.
You desire truth in the inward being;
therefore teach me wisdom in my
secret heart.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the
bones that you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins, and blot
out all my iniquities.
Be merciful, be merciful, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within
me.
Cast me not away from your
presence, and do not take your Holy
Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your
salvation, and sustain in me a willing
spirit.
Be merciful, be merciful, O God.
Then I will teach transgressors your
ways, and sinners will return to you.
Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O
God of my salvation, and my tongue
will sing aloud of your deliverance.
Be merciful, be merciful, O God.
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth
will declare your praise.
For you have no delight in sacrifice, if
I were to give a burnt offering, you
would not be pleased.
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a
broken spirit; a broken and contrite
heart, O God, you will not despise.
Be merciful, be merciful, O God.
We pray a Lenten Prayer
The Lord be with you
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for…..
….for you live and reign with the Father
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen
GOD SPEAKS TO US
Old Testament Reading
Hear the word of the Lord
as it is written in…
(after the reading)
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God
Epistle Reading
Hear the word of the Lord
as it is written in …
(after the reading)
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God
For our sake, God made him to be sin who
knew no sin, so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God.
All praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ,
King of endless glory.
Gospel Reading
Hear the gospel of the Lord
as it is written in …
(after the gospel)
This is the gospel of the Lord
Praise be to you, O Christ
Lord Jesus, thank you for giving up
everything for us. Make us truly repentant,
and help us to worship our heavenly Father
in our hearts.
Amen.
We sing a hymn/song
We listen to the address
Imposition of Ashes
We are all born weak and helpless.
All lead the same short, troubled life.
We grow and wither as quickly as flowers;
we disappear like shadows.
In the midst of life we are in death.
To whom can we go for help, but to you,
Lord God,
though you are rightly displeased
because of our sins?
And yet, Lord God Almighty, most holy
and most merciful Saviour,
deliver us from the bitterness of
eternal death.
You know the secrets of our hearts;
mercifully hear us, most worthy
judge eternal;
keep us, at our last hour, in the
consolation of your love.
Amen.
Dust we are and to dust we shall
return.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
May these ashes be for us a sign of our
mortality and penitence, and a
reminder that we receive eternal life
by God's gift alone, through Jesus
Christ our Saviour.
Amen.
Those who desire to receive ashes may
come forward to any of the people
administering ashes. Children as well as
adults are invited to participate. The
minister/assistant makes the sign of the
cross on the forehead of each person with
ashes, saying: Remember that you are
dust, and that to dust you shall return.
GOD RECEIVES OUR OFFERING
We sing a hymn/song as our offering
is received
We pray an offering prayer
Let us pray.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your
presence, and take not your Holy
Spirit from me. Restore to me the
joy of your salvation, and uphold
me with your free Spirit.
We pray for ourselves and the world
Prayer response:
Lord, in your mercy:
hear our prayer.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and forever. Amen.
Christ our crucified Saviour draw you to
himself, so that you may find in him the
assurance of sins forgiven and the gift
of eternal life.
And the blessing of almighty God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
be with us now and always.
Amen
We sing a hymn/song