Collect for the Fifth Sunday in Lent – 1979 Book of Common Prayer

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. Amen

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Collect for the Forth Sunday in Lent – 1928 Book of Common Prayer

Grant, we beseech thee,Almighty God,that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished,by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved;through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen

Collect for the Forth Sunday in Lent – 1979 Book of Common Prayer

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen