Don’t forget to pick up your Lenten Daily Devotional at the church. You can also download a digital copy here.
We will be praying a shortened version of the Litany at the beginning of the service. The words should be on the screen but are below for you as well.
Ash Wednesday Prayer – The Litany
O Lord,
HAVE MERCY.
O Christ,
HAVE MERCY.
O Lord,
HAVE MERCY.
O Christ,
HEAR US
God, the Father in heaven;
HAVE MERCY.
God the Son, Redeemer of the World;
HAVE MERCY.
God, the Holy Spirit;
HAVE MERCY.
Be gracious to us.
SPARE US, GOOD LORD.
Be gracious to us.
HELP US, GOOD LORD.
By the mystery of Your holy incarnation;
by Your holy nativity;
by Your baptism, fasting, and temptation;
by Your agony and bloody sweat;
by Your cross and passion;
by Your precious death and burial;
by Your glorious resurrection and ascension;
and by the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter:
HELP US, GOOD LORD.
In all time of our tribulation;
in all time of our prosperity;
in the hour of death;
and in the day of judgment:
HELP US, GOOD LORD.
We poor sinners implore You
HELP US, O LORD
To prosper the preaching of Your Word;
to bless our prayer and meditation;
to strengthen and preserve us in the true faith;
and to give heart to our sorrow and strength to our repentance:
WE IMPLORE YOU TO HEAR US, GOOD LORD.
To draw all to Yourself;
to bless those who are instructed in the faith;
to watch over and console the poor, the sick, the distressed, the lonely, the forsaken, the abandoned, and all who stand in need of our prayers;
to give abundant blessing to all works of mercy;
and to have mercy on us all:
WE IMPLORE YOU TO HEAR US, GOOD LORD.
To turn our hearts to You;
to turn the hearts of our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers;
and graciously to hear our prayers:
WE IMPLORE YOU TO HEAR US, GOOD LORD.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
WE IMPLORE YOU TO HEAR US.
Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
HAVE MERCY.
Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
HAVE MERCY.
Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
GRANT US YOUR PEACE.
O Christ,
HEAR US.
O Lord,
HAVE MERCY.
O Christ,
HAVE MERCY.
O Lord,
HAVE MERCY. AMEN.
O God, from whom come all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works, give to us, Your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey Your commandments and also that we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
AMEN.