Fifth Sunday in Lent – April 7, 2019 –Psalm 126:3
The Lord has done great things
for us; we are glad.
Psalm 126; key
verse, verse 3: The Lord has done great
things for us, and we are filled with joy. Psalm 126 is
a song of joy for restoration to Zion
One of the lessons we learn from the life of Jesus that we are to
pattern our lives after His. We learn from Christ that suffering must precede
glory. That is our confidence on our earthly pilgrimage. As Paul has told us, “through
many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14.22). As
we journey through Lent the cross is looming ever closer. Look unto Jesus the
one who finished His journey for you.
Comfort Thy people, O Lord, and deliver us from the evil captivity of sin, that what we sow here in tears, we may reap in joy through Thy bounty; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen [1]
Almighty
God, You alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners:
Grant Your people grace to love what You command and desire what You promise;
that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely
there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen[2]
Almighty God, by Your great goodness mercifully look upon Your people that we may be governed and preserved evermore in body and soul; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.[3]
[1]© 2005
Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
[2]Collect
for the 5th Sunday in Lent, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm
[3] Collect
for Lent 5, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
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