March 5, 2023 The Second Sunday in Lent

<p><strong>Sequence Hymn #147 <em>Now Let us All With One Accord</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>God So Loved the World (Stainer) </em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Anthem <em>I Lift My Eyes (Hopson)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #473 <em>Lift High The Cross</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Genesis 12:1-4a</em></strong></p><p>The LORD&nbsp;said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that&nbsp;I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in&nbsp;you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”</p><p>So Abram went, as the LORD&nbsp;had told him; and Lot went with him.</p><p><strong>PSALM&nbsp;<em>Psalm 121&nbsp;Levavi oculos&nbsp;</em></strong>1 I lift up my eyes to the hills; *</p><p>from where is my help to come?</p><p>2 My help comes from the LORD, * the maker of heaven and earth.</p><p>3 He will not let your foot be moved *</p><p>and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.</p><p>4 Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep;</p><p>5 The LORD&nbsp;himself watches over you; *</p><p>the LORD&nbsp;is your shade at your right hand,</p><p>6 So that the sun shall not strike you by day, * nor the moon by night.</p><p>7 The LORD&nbsp;shall preserve you from all evil; * it is he who shall keep you safe.</p><p>8 The LORD&nbsp;shall watch over your going out and your coming in, * from this time forth for evermore.</p><p><stron