Daily Collects of Lent and Holy Week

Daily Lenten and Holy Week Prayers from the Lesser Feasts and Fasts

Ash Wednesday:

Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have

made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and

make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily

lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wickedness,

may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission

and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

Thursday after Ash Wednesday:

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most

gracious favor, and further us with your continual

help; that in all our works begun, continued, and

ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name, and

finally, by your mercy, obtain everlasting life,

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and

ever.

Amen.

Friday after Ash Wednesday:

Support us, O Lord, with your gracious favor through

the fast we have begun; and that as we observe it by

bodily self denial, so may we fulfill it with inner

sincerity of heart, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who

lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Saturday after Ash Wednesday:

Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our

infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities,

stretch forth your right hand to help and defend us;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Lent Week One

Sunday:

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be

tempted by Satan; Come quickly to help us who are assaulted

by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of

each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through

Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

Monday:

Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully increase in

us your gifts of holy discipline in almsgiving,

prayer, and fasting; that our lives may be directed to

the fulfilling of your most gracious will; through

Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Tuesday:

Grant to your people, Lord, grace to withstand the

temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only

true God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever

and ever.

Amen.

Wednesday:

Bless us, O God, in this holy season, in which our

hearts seek your help and healing; and so purify us by

your discipline that we may grow in grace and

knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who

lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Thursday:

Strengthen us, O Lord, by your grace, that in your

might we may overcome all spiritual enemies, and with

pure hearts serve you; through Jesus Christ our

Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Friday:

Lord Christ, our eternal Redeemer, grant us such

fellowship in your sufferings, that, filled with your

Holy Spirit, we may subdue the flesh to the spirit and

the spirit to you, and at the last attain to the glory

of your resurrection; who live and reign with the

Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Saturday:

O God, by your Word you marvelously carry out the work

of reconciliation: Grant that in our Lenten fast we

may be devoted to you with all our hearts, and united

with one another in prayer and holy love; through

Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Lent Week Two

Sunday:

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious

to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them

again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and

hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ

your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns,

one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Monday:

Let your Spirit, O Lord, come into the midst of

us to wash us with the pure water of repentance, and

prepare us to be always a living sacrifice to you;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and

ever.

Amen.

Tuesday:

O God, you willed to redeem us from all iniquity by

your Son: Deliver us when we are tempted to regard sin

without abhorrence, and let the virtue of his passion

come between us and our mortal enemy; through Jesus

Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Wednesday:

O God, you so loved the world that you gave

your only-begotten Son to reconcile earth with heaven:

Grant that we, loving you above all things, may love

our friends in you and our enemies for your sake;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and

ever.

Amen.

Thursday:

O Lord, strong and mighty, Lord of hosts and King of

glory: Cleanse our hearts from sin, keep our hands

pure, and turn our minds from what is passing away; so

that at the last we may stand in your holy place and

receive your blessing; through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Friday:

Grant O Lord, that as your Son Jesus Christ prayed for

his enemies on the cross, so we may have grace to

forgive those who wrongfully or scornfully use us,

that we ourselves may be able to receive your

forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for

ever and ever.

Amen.

Saturday:

Grant, most merciful Lord, to your faithful people

pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our

sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus

Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Lent Week Three

Sunday:

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves

to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and

inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all

adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil

thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus

Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Monday:

Look upon the heart-felt desires of your humble

servants, Almighty God, and stretch forth the right

hand of your majesty to be our defense against all

enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

Tuesday:

(Lent) O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear us;

and grant that we, to whom you have given a fervent

desire to pray, may, by your mighty aid, be defended

and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through

Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Wednesday:

Give ear to our prayers, O Lord, and direct the way of

your servants in safety under your protection, that,

amid all the changes of our earthly pilgrimage, we may

be guarded by your mighty aid; through Jesus Christ

our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Thursday:

Keep watch over your Church, O Lord, with your

unfailing love; and, since it is grounded in human

weakness and cannot maintain itself without your aid,

protect it from all danger, and keep it in the way of

salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for

ever and ever.

Amen.

Friday:

Grant us, O Lord our Strength, a true love of your

holy Name; so that, trusting in your grace, we may

fear no earthly evil, nor fix out hearts on earthly

goods, but may rejoice in your full salvation; through

Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Saturday:

O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many

and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of

our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant us

such strength and protection as may support us in all

dangers and carry us through all temptations; through

Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Lent Week Four

Sunday:

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down

from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world:

Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in

him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, now and for ever.

Amen.

Monday:

O Lord our God, in your holy Sacraments you have given

us a foretaste of the good things of your kingdom:

direct us we pray in the way that leads to eternal

life, that we may come to appear before you in that

place of light where you dwell forever with your

saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

Tuesday:

O God, with you is the well of life, and in your light

we see light: Quench our thirst with living water and

flood our darkened minds with heavenly light; through

Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Wednesday:

O Lord our God, you sustained your ancient people in

the wilderness with bread from heaven: Feed now your

pilgrim flock with the food that endures to

everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your Son our

Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Thursday:

Almighty and most merciful God, drive from us all

weakness of body, mind, and spirit; that being

restored to wholeness we may with free hearts become

what you intend us to be and accomplish what you want

us to do; through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

Friday:

O God, you have given us the Good News of your

abounding love in your Son Jesus Christ: So fill our

hearts with thankfulness that we may rejoice to

proclaim the good tidings we have received; through

Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Saturday:

Mercifully hear our prayers, O Lord, and spare all

those who confess their sins to you; that those whose

consciences are accused by sin may, by your merciful

pardon, be absolved; through Jesus Christ your Son our

Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Lent Week Five

Sunday:

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 the 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.

Monday:

Be gracious to your people, we entreat you, O Lord,

that they, repenting day by day of the things that

displease you, may be more and more filled with the

love of you and of your commandments; and being

supported by your grace in this life, may come to the

full enjoyment of eternal life in your everlasting

kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

Tuesday:

Almighty God, through the Incarnate Word you have

caused us to be born anew of an imperishable and

eternal seed: Look with compassion upon those who are

being prepared for Holy Baptism, and grant that they

may be built as living stones into a spiritual temple

acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who

lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Wednesday:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, renew in us the

gifts of your mercy; increase our faith, strengthen

our hope, widen our charity, and make us ready to

serve you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for

ever and ever.

Amen.

Thursday:

O God, you have called us to be your children, and

have promised that those who suffer with Christ will

be heirs with him of your glory: Arm us with such

trust in him that we may ask no rest from his demands

and have no fear in his service; through Jesus Christ

our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Friday:

O Lord, you relieve our necessity out of the abundance

of your great riches: Grant that we may accept with

joy the salvation you bestow, and manifest it to all

the world by the quality of our lives; through Jesus

Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

Saturday:

O Lord, in your goodness you bestow abundant graces on

your elect: Look with favor we entreat you upon those

who in these Lenten days are being prepared for Holy

Baptism, and grant them the help of your protection;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Holy Week

Sunday of the Passion—Palm Sunday:

Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the

human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to

take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross,

giving us the example of his great humility:Mercifully grant

that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his

resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Monday of Holy Week:

Almighty God, whose dear Son went not up to joy but

first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he

was crucified:Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of

the cross, may find it none other that the way of life and

peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Tuesday of Holy Week:

O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an

instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life:

Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly

suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior

Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Wednesday of Holy Week:

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be

whipped and his face to be spit upon:Give us grace to accept

joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the

glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our

Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Maundy Thursday:

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he

suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood:

Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in

remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy

mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

Good Friday:

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your

family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be

betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer

death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and

the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Congratulations, you have made it to Easter! Easter (also called Pascha) begins at the Easter Vigil, which starts the evening of Holy Saturday and goes until at least midnight of Easter Day. In the history of the Church it was this vigil that marked the beginning of the feast of Easter.