Lent

O God, you delight not in pomp and show,
but in a humble and contrite heart.
Overturn our love of worldly possessions
and fix our hearts more firmly on you,
that, having nothing,
we may yet possess everything,
a treasure stored up for us in heaven.

Wednesday, February 14
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12
Psalm 51:1-17
2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Thursday, February 15
Psalm 25:1-10
Daniel 9:1-14
1 John 1:3-10

Friday, February 16
Psalm 25:1-10
Daniel 9:15-25a
2 Timothy 4:1-5

Saturday, February 17
Psalm 25:1-10
Psalm 32
Matthew 9:2-13

Artist of souls,
you sculpted a people for yourself
out of the rocks of wilderness and fasting.
Help us as we take up your invitation to prayer and simplicity,
that the discipline of these forty days
may sharpen our hunger for the feast of your holy friendship,
and whet our thirst for the living water you offer
through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sunday, February 18
Genesis 9:8-17
Psalm 25:1-10
1 Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:9-15

Monday, February 19
Psalm 77
Job 4:1-21
Ephesians 2:1-10

Tuesday, February 20
Psalm 77
Job 5:8-27
1 Peter 3:8-18a

Wednesday, February 21
Psalm 77
Proverbs 30:1-9
Matthew 4:1-11

Thursday, February 22
Psalm 22:23-31
Genesis 15:1-6, 12-18
Romans 3:21-31

Friday, February 23
Psalm 22:23-31
Genesis 16:1-6
Romans 4:1-12

Saturday, February 24
Psalm 22:23-31
Genesis 16:7-15
Mark 8:27-30

God of the covenant,
in the glory of the cross
your Son embraced the power of death
and broke its hold over your people.
In this time of repentance,
draw all people to yourself,
that we who confess Jesus as Lord
may put aside the deeds of death
and accept the life of your kingdom. Amen.

Sunday, February 25
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Psalm 22:23-31
Romans 4:13-25
Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9

Monday, February 26
Psalm 105:1-11, 37-45
Genesis 21:1-7
Hebrews 1:8-12

Tuesday, February 27
Psalm 105:1-11, 37-45
Genesis 22:1-19
Hebrews 11:1-3, 13-19

Wednesday, February 28
Psalm 105:1-11, 37-45
Jeremiah 30:12-22
John 12:36-43

Thursday, February 29
Psalm 19
Exodus 19:1-9a
1 Peter 2:4-10

Friday, March 1
Psalm 19
Exodus 19:9b-15
Acts 7:30-40

Saturday, March 2
Psalm 19
Exodus 19:16-25
Mark 9:2-8

Faithful God of love,
you blessed us with your servant Son
so that we might know how to serve your people
with justice and with mercy.
We gather the needs of ourselves and others,
and offer them to you in faith and love,
seeking to be strengthened to meet them.

Shape us and transform us by your grace,
that we may grow in wisdom and in confidence,
never faltering until we have done all that you desire
to bring your realm of shalom to fulfillment. Amen.

Sunday, March 3
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
John 2:13-22

Monday, March 4
Psalm 84
1 Kings 6:1-4, 21-22
1 Corinthians 3:10-23

Tuesday, March 5
Psalm 84
2 Chronicles 29:1-11, 16-19
Hebrews 9:23-28

Wednesday, March 6
Psalm 84
Ezra 6:1-16
Mark 11:15-19

Thursday, March 7
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Genesis 9:8-17
Ephesians 1:3-6

Friday, March 8
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Daniel 12:5-13
Ephesians 1:7-14

Saturday, March 9
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Numbers 20:22-29
John 3:1-13

Holy and awesome God,
your Son's authority is found in integrity and living truth,
not the assertion of power over others.
Open our imaginations to new dimensions of your love,
and heal us of all that severs us from you and one another,
that we may grow into the vision you unfold before us. Amen.

Sunday, March 10
Numbers 21:4-9
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Ephesians 2:1-10
John 3:14-21

Monday, March 11
Psalm 107:1-16
Exodus 15:22-27
Hebrews 3:1-6

Tuesday, March 12
Psalm 107:1-16
Numbers 20:1-13
1 Corinthians 10:6-13

Wednesday, March 13
Psalm 107:1-16
Isaiah 60:15-22
John 8:12-20

Thursday, March 14
Psalm 51:1-12
Isaiah 30:15-18
Hebrews 4:1-13

Friday, March 15
Psalm 51:1-12
Exodus 30:1-10
Hebrews 4:14-5:4

Saturday, March 16
Psalm 51:1-12
Habakkuk 3:2-13
John 12:1-11

God of suffering and glory,
in Jesus Christ you reveal the way of life
through the path of obedience.
Inscribe your law in our hearts,
that in life we may not stray from you,
but may be your people. Amen.

Sunday, March 17
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:1-12
Psalm 119:9-16
Hebrews 5:5-10
John 12:20-33

Monday, March 18
Psalm 119:9-16
Isaiah 43:8-13
2 Corinthians 3:4-11

Tuesday, March 19
Psalm 119:9-16
Isaiah 44:1-8
Acts 2:14-24

Wednesday, March 20
Psalm 119:9-16
Haggai 2:1-9, 20-23
John 12:34-50

Thursday, March 21
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Philippians 2:1-11

Friday, March 22
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Jeremiah 33:1-9
Philippians 2:12-18

Saturday, March 23
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Jeremiah 33:10-16
Mark 10:32-34, 46-52