READING
Isaiah 1:16-18  

Wash yourselves clean!
  Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;
  cease doing evil;learn to do good.
Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,
  hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow.
Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord:
Though your sins be like scarlet,
  they may become white as snow;
Though they be crimson red,
  they may become white as wool.

RESPONSORY
God himself will set me free, from the hunters snare.
- God himself will set me free, from the hunters snare.
From those who would trap me with lying words
- and from the hunter's snare.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
- God himself will set me free, from the hunters snare.

BENEDICTUS (Canticle of Zechariah)
Antiphons for Benedictus:
Week 1:   If you want to be true children on your heavenly Father,  then you must pray for those who persecute you and speak all kinds of evil against you, says the Lord.
Week 2:   Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your servants.
Week 3:   The tax collector stood far away and would not even raise his eyes to heaven.  He struck his breast and prayed: God, have mercy on me, a sinner
Week 4:   Never before has anyone spoken like this man.

INTERCESSIONS
Week 1 and 3

To make us his new creation, Christ the Lord gave us the waters of rebirth and spread the table of his body and his word.  Let us call upon him and say:

   Lord, renew us in your grace.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, clothe us with compassion, kindness and humility,
  - make us want to be patient with everyone.
Teach us to be true neighbors to all in trouble and distress,
  - and so imitate you, the Good Samaritan.
May the Blessed Virgin, your Mother, pray for all those vowed to a life of virginity,
  - that they may deepen their dedication to you and to the Church.
Grant us the gift of your mercy,
  - forgive our sins and remit their punishment.

Our Father...

Let us always and everywhere give thanks to Christ our Savior, and ask him with confidence:

   Lord, help us with your grace.

May we keep our bodies pure,
 - as temples of the Holy Spirit.
May we offer ourselves this morning to the service of others,
 - and do your will in all things throughout the day.
Teach us to seek the bread of everlasting life,
 - the bread that is your gift.
May your Mother, the refuge of sinners, pray for us,
 - and gain for us your loving forgiveness.

Our Father...

Week 1   Eternal Father,
turn our hearts to you.
By seeking your kingdom
and loving one another,
May we become a people who worship you
in spirit and truth.
Grant this...

Week 2   God our Father,
by your gifts to us on earth
we already share in your life.
In all we do,
guide us to the light of your kingdom.
Grant this...

Week 3   Lord,
make this Lenten observance
of the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ
bring us to the full joy of Easter.
We ask this...

Week 4   Lord,
guide us in your gentle mercy,
for left to ourselves
we cannot do your will.
Grant this..

Reading
Revelation 3:19-20

Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God.
 - Renew in me a steadfast spirit.

Antiphon: As I live, says the Lord, I do not wish the sinner to die, but to turn back to me and live.

Reading
Isaiah 44:21-22

Remember this, O Jacob, you, O Israel, who are my servant! I formed you to be a servant to me; O Israel, by me you shall never be forgotten: I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Turn away your face from my sins.
 - Blot out all my guilt.

Antiphon: Armed with God's justice and power, let us prove ourselves through patient endurance.

Reading
Galatians 6:7b-8

A person will reap only what he sows, because the one who sows for his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit.

My sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit.
 - A humble contrite heart, O God, you will not spurn.

For Evening Prayer, see Sunday Evening Prayer I