God of the desert, Jesus was led by the Spirit to fast forty days in the wilderness and was tempted as we are, yet without sin; give us grace to observe the disciplines of Lent; and, as you know our weakness, so may we know your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer, who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.
Today is 2.2.22 - even for people in USA, who write dates in the oddest way! It is Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, 40 days after Christmas.
God of mystery, by the leading of a star, on this day you revealed your only begotten one to the gentiles, lead us, who have already come to know you by faith, all the way to the contemplation of the beauty of your glory, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Eternal Father, you have given us your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and revealed him to us at his baptism in the River Jordan, grant that we, who have been born again of water and the Holy Spirit, and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.