March 26, 2023 The Fifth Sunday in Lent

<p><strong>Sequence Hymn #455 <em>O Love of God, How Strong and True </em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>O Lord, My God, You Are My Refuge (Bach, arr. Hopson)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Anthem <em>Agnus Dei (Sullivan)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #567 <em>Thine Arm, O Lord, In Days of Old</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Ezekiel 37:1-14</em></strong></p><p>The hand of the LORD&nbsp;came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD&nbsp;and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were&nbsp;very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord&nbsp;GOD, you know.” Then he said to&nbsp;me,&nbsp;“Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord GOD&nbsp;to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.”</p><p>So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal,&nbsp;and say to the breath: Thus s