3rd Sunday in Lent
Theme
Call to be Inclusive
Readings
- Old Testament
- Isa. 56: 1-8
- Psalm
- 86
- Epistle
- Rev. 7: 9-17
- Gospel
- Matt. 15: 21-28
- Evening
- Ruth 4: 1-10 / Gal. 3: 23-29
Collect
God of Inclusivity and Interconnectedness, we thank you for embracing people of every nation, tribe, and society at your throne of grace and comfort, and for revealing through Your prophets, psalms, and saints that your house shall be a house of prayer for all peoples; enable us to recognize the strength of your steadfast love and your call to be inclusive of all, especially the marginalized and those the world rejects, and inculcate in us the potential to embody that inclusivity in the mission of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.