A.D. 2009 April 1

The Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent

Collects

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.

Lessons

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Psalm 75; 76
Exodus 39 or 39:1–14, 27–43
Mark 1:32–45

Evening Prayer

Psalm 79; 82
Proverbs 30 or 30:1–9, 15–33
I Timothy 4

Liturgical Colors

Purple

Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest and Renewer of Society, 1872

Liturgical Colors

White or Gold

References

“Frederick Denison Maurice” at Wikipedia
“Maurice, Frederick Denison” at An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church