Collect
O God, author of every mercy and of all goodness, who in fasting, prayer and almsgiving have shown us a remedy for sin, look graciously on this confession of our lowliness, that we, who are bowed down by our conscience, may always be lifted up by your mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives & reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever & ever [Read more…]

First reading
Deuteronomy 26:4-10

The confession of faith of the chosen people.
Moses spoke to the people: ‘The priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. And you shall make response before the Lord your God, “A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labour. Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. [Read more…]