lenten prayer

+ A Prayer For Lent +

Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal Word of the Father, have mercy on us.

Lord Jesus Christ, the Word through whom all things were made,
foretold by the prophets in signs and words,
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
hymned by the angels, adored by the shepherds,
worshipped by the Magi, held by Simeon, praised by Anna,
obedient to your parents, submitting to a sinner's baptism,
fasting in the wilderness, driving out demons, cleansing lepers,
giving sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf,
teaching the mysteries of the kingdom, raising the dead,
walking on water and changing water into wine.

Lord Jesus Christ, praised by the little children,
riding into Your city as the sacrifice appointed,
giving your body and blood in the bread and wine,
praying in the garden, bound and mocked,
stripped and beaten, condemned to death,
opening Your hands upon the cross to embrace the world,
knowing the loneliness of our exile and our sin,
trampling down sin and death by death itself,
pouring forth water and blood to save the world,
sanctifying our graves by lying in a tomb,
descending to hell, declaring the devil's defeat,
rising in victory over death and decay,
appearing to the disciples in the broken bread,
ascending to sit on the right hand of the Father,
as High Priest who ever lives to intercede for us,
coming on the clouds of glory to renew all things,
as the Judge of all on the Last Day.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Son of Man, have mercy on us.

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