Sunday 26th March is the 5th Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Passiontide

First reading: Ezekiel 37.1-14

Second reading: Romans 8.6-11 

Gospel: John 11.1-45

Current collects

Mothering Sunday
God of compassion,
whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,,
shared the life of a home in Nazareth,
and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself:
strengthen us in our daily living
that in joy and sorrow
we may know the power of our presence
     to bind together and to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant us this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.