Lent 3, 7 March 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Covid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gathering of the Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sign of Cross and Grace at entrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Welcome, Greeting & Theme)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Processional Hymn: Change my heart O God<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Act of Praise: Omit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opening Prayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children\u2019s Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(children\u2019s blessing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liturgy of the Word<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st<\/sup> Reading Romans 1 Corinthians 1:18,22-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psalm Refrain: \u201cLord you have the words of eternal life\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gospel Acclamation: \u201cGlory to you O Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ. Glory to you O Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gospel: John 2:13-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n (silent meditation after homily)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Affirmation of Christian Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We believe in God above us<\/strong>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maker and Sustainer of all life, of sun and moon, of water and earth, of male and female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We believe in God beside us<\/strong>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, born of a woman, servant of the poor, tortured and nailed to a tree. A man of compassion, he died forsaken; he descended into the earth to the place of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the third day he rose from the tomb; he ascended into heaven to be everywhere present; and his kingdom will come on earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We believe in God within us<\/strong>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n the Holy Spirit of Pentecostal fire, life-giving breath of the church, spirit of healing and forgiveness, source of resurrection and eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Prayers of the People <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let us pray to the Lord saying: \u201cLord hear and have mercy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Penitential Rite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Priest:<\/strong> Trusting in God\u2019s forgiveness, let us in silence confess our failings and acknowledge our part in the pain of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All: Before God, with the people of God, we confess to turning away from God in the ways we wound our lives, the lives of others, and the life of the world. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n