Second Sunday of Lent

Kindly find posted below the proper for liturgical use on the Second Sunday of Lent, 12 March 2006. Throughout this Great Lent may the Lord bless you and all whom you love and serve. +CD


2 Lent: "The Samaritan Woman at the Well"

[First Scrutiny of the Catechumens]

Prayer:
Merciful Father, your Son gives the water of eternal life. Through your Spirit inspire in us our deepest thirst for you, the wellspring of holiness and the source of eternal life and goodness. We ask this through your Son, Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Corpus of Lectionary Citations:

Torah or History:
Exodus 7:1-7
Numbers 20:1-11

Psalm 63:1-8

Wisdom:
Psalm 78:9-22
Psalm 95:1-2,6-9
Psalm 136:21-26

Prophets:
Isaiah 35:1-10
Isaiah 41:17-20
Isaiah 44:1-4
Isaiah 55:1-3
Ezekiel 47:1-12
Amos 4:7-8

Deuterocanonical:
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 39:12-21

Apostolic Epistle:
Romans 5:1-11
Romans 6:3-11
1 Peter 3:18-22

Apostolic Account:
Revelation 22:1-2

Gospel:
John 4:5-42

Proposed Readings for the Divine Liturgy:

Year A (2008)
Exodus 17:1-7
Psalm 95:1-2,6-9
Romans 5:1-8
John 4:5-42

Year B (2006)
Isaiah 35:1-10 [or 55:1-3]
Psalm 78:9-22
Romans 6:3-11
John 4:5-42

Year C (2007)
Isaiah 41:17-20 [or 44:1-4]
Psalm 136:21-26
Revelation 22:1-2
Jihn 4:5-42

Post-Communion Prayer:
Father, we are grateful that your Spirit nourishes us through word and sacrament unto the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Lead us through our Lenten desert of repentance, conversion, and renewal unto the fullness of paschal joy. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.