Lent | Saturday 28 Mar 2026
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Opening prayer:
Almighty God,
you alone can bring into order
the unruly wills and affections of sinners:
Grant your people grace to
love what you command and desire what you promise;
that, among the swift and varied changes of this world,
our hearts may surely there be fixed
where true joys are to be found;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
“Listen,” Jesus said,
“we’re going up to Jerusalem….”
(Mark 10:33)
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From the Psalms: Psalm 31 – Be My Shelter in the Storm | Singing Thru The Psalms
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OT Reading: Lamentations 3:55-66 (NLT)
3:55 But I called on your name, Lord,
from deep within the pit.
+ You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading!
Hear my cry for help!”
+ Yes, you came when I called;
you told me, “Do not fear.”
3:58 Lord, you have come to my defense;
you have redeemed my life.
+ You have seen the wrong they have done to me, Lord.
Be my judge, and prove me right.
+ You have seen the vengeful plots
my enemies have laid against me.
3:61 Lord, you have heard the vile names they call me.
You know all about the plans they have made.
+ My enemies whisper and mutter
as they plot against me all day long.
+ Look at them! Whether they sit or stand,
I am the object of their mocking songs.
3:64 Pay them back, Lord,
for all the evil they have done.
+ Give them hard and stubborn hearts,
and then let your curse fall on them!
+ Chase them down in your anger,
destroying them beneath the Lord’s heavens.
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Rescue – Bethel Music feat. Lauren Daigle
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NT Reading: Mark 10:32-34 (NLT)
Jesus Again Predicts His Death
10:32 They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus once more began to describe everything that was about to happen to him. “Listen,” he said, “we’re going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die and hand him over to the Romans. They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again.”
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Be not afraid I go before you always | St Laurence’s Church Chorley
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Dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: I hold up all my weakness to your strength, my failure to your faithfulness, my sinfulness to your perfection, my loneliness to your compassion, my little pains to your great agony on the Cross. I pray that you will cleanse me, strengthen me, guide me, so that in all ways my life may be lived as you would have it lived, without cowardice and for you alone. Show me how to live in true humility, true contrition, and true love. Amen.
O God, our heavenly Father, you manifested your love by sending your only-begotten Son into the world, that all might live through him: Pour out your Spirit on your Church, that we may fulfill his command to preach the Gospel to all people. Send forth laborers into your harvest; defend them in all dangers and temptations; and hasten the time when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be gathered in, and faithful Israel shall be saved; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
May God our Redeemer show us compassion and love.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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