March 12, 2023 The Third Sunday in Lent

<p><strong>Sequence Hymn #685 <em>Rock of Ages</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>Kyrie (Dvorak, arr. Schram)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Anthem <em>Our Soul Waiteth for the Lord (Pinkston)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #522 <em>Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of 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 liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Exodus 17:1-7</em></strong></p><p>From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD&nbsp;commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and&nbsp;said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the&nbsp;LORD?”&nbsp;But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the&nbsp;LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” The&nbsp;LORD&nbsp;said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people,&nbsp;and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that&nbsp;the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah,&nbsp;because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the&nbsp;LORD&nbsp;among us or not?”</p><p><strong>PSALM