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== Cycle of Readings ==

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| '''A: Mt'''
| rowspan="3"| Temptation of Jesus
| rowspan="3"| Transfiguration 
| Jn 4: Woman at the Well
| Jn 9: Man Born Blind
| Jn 11: Lazarus
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| '''B: Mk'''
| Jn 2: Cleansing of Temple
| Jn 3: Nicodemus
| Jn 12: Grain of Wheat
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| '''C: Lk'''
| Lk 13: Parable of the Fig Tree
| Lk 15: Merciful Father
| Jn 8: Woman Caught in Adultery
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== General Lenten Prefaces ==

=== Preface I of Lent ===
:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english5/p03390.htm Lent I]
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It is truly right and just, <br>
our duty and our salvation, <br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks, <br>
Lord, holy Father, <br>
almighty and eternal God, <br>
through Christ our Lord. 

For by your gracious gift each year <br>
your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts  <br>
with the joy of minds made pure,  <br>
so that, more eagerly intent on prayer  <br>
and on the works of charity,  <br>
and participating in the mysteries  <br>
by which they have been reborn,  <br>
they may be led to the fullness of grace  <br>
that you bestow on your sons and daughters.
</div>
=== Preface II of Lent ===
:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english5/p03391.htm Lent II]
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It is truly right and just, <br>
our duty and our salvation, <br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks, <br>
Lord, holy Father, <br>
almighty and eternal God.

For you have given your children a sacred time  <br>
for the renewing and purifying of their hearts, <br>
that, freed from disordered affections,  <br>
they may so deal with the things of this passing world <br>
as to hold rather to the things that eternally endure.
</div>
=== Preface III of Lent ===
:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english5/p03392.htm Lent III]

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It is truly right and just, <br>
our duty and our salvation, <br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks, <br>
Lord, holy Father, <br>
almighty and eternal God.

For you will that our self-denial should give you thanks, <br>
humble our sinful pride, <br>
contribute to the feeding of the poor, <br>
and so help us imitate you in your kindness.
</div>
=== Preface IV of Lent ===
:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english5/p03393.htm Lent IV]

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It is truly right and just, <br>
our duty and our salvation, <br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks, <br>
Lord, holy Father, <br>
almighty and eternal God.

For through bodily fasting you restrain our faults, <br>
raise up our minds, and bestow both virtue and its rewards, <br>
through Christ our lord.
</div>

== First Sunday: The Temptation of Jesus ==

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"This is the time of fulfillment. <br>
The kingdom of God is at hand. <br>
Repent, and believe in the gospel."
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:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english5/p03394.htm Preface of the First Sunday of Lent."]

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Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,<br>
we do well always and everywhere to give You thanks,<br>
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

By abstaining forty long days from earthly food, <br>
he consecrated through his fast <br>
the pattern of our Lenten observance and, <br>
by overturning all the snares of the ancient serpent, <br>
taught us to cast out the leaven of malice, <br>
so that, celebrating worthily the Paschal Mystery, <br>
we might pass over at last to the eternal paschal feast.

; Prayer Over the People

May bountiful blessing, O Lord, we pray, <br>
come down upon your people, <br>
that hope may grow in tribulation, <br>
virtue be strengthened in temptation, <br>
and eternal redemption be assured. <br>
Through Christ our Lord.

</div>

== Second Sunday: Transfiguration ==

:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english2/p00741.htm Preface of the Second Sunday of Lent]
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Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,<br>
we do well always and everywhere to give You thanks,<br>
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

On Your holy mountain He revealed Himself in glory<br>
in the presence of His disciples.<br>
He had already prepared them for His approaching death.<br>
He wanted to teach them through the law and the Prophets<br> 
that the promised Christ had first to suffer<br> 
and so come to the glory of His resurrection.

; Prayer Over the People

Bless your faithful, we pray, O Lord, <br>
with a blessing that endures forever, <br>
and keep them faithful  <br>
to the Gospel of Your Only Begotten Son, <br>
so that they may always desire and at last attain <br>
that glory whose beauty He showed in His own Body, <br>
to the amazement of His Apostles. <br>
Through Christ our Lord.
</div>

== Third Sunday: The Woman at the Well (A) ==

:: Year B: Cleansing of the Temple in the Gospel of John (Jn 2:13-25).

:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english2/p00742.htm Preface of the Third Sunday of Lent]
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Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,<br>
we do well always and everywhere to give You thanks,<br>
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

When He asked the woman of Samaria for water to drink,<br>
Christ had already prepared for her the gift of faith.<br>
In His thirst to receive her faith<br>
He awakened in her heart the fire of Your love.

; Prayer Over the People

Direct, O Lord, we pray, the hearts of your faithful, <br>
and in Your kindness grant Your servants this grace: <br>
that, abiding in love of You and their neighbor, <br>
they may fulfill the whole of Your commands. <br>
Through Christ our Lord.
</div>

== Fourth Sunday (Laetare): The Man Born Blind (A) ==

:: Year B: Jesus speaks to Nicodemus.  "God so loved the world ..." (Jn 3:14-21).

:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english2/p00765.htm Preface of the Fourth Sunday of Lent]
<div style="margin-left:4em">
It is truly right and just,<br>
our duty and our salvation,<br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks,<br>
Lord, holy Father,<br>
almighty and eternal God,<br>
through Christ our Lord.

By the mystery of the Incarnation, <br>
he has led the human race that walked in darkness <br>
into the radiance of the faith <br>
and he brought those born in slavery to ancient sin <br>
through the waters of regeneration <br>
to make them your adopted children.

; Prayer Over the People

Look upon those who call to you, O Lord, <br>
and sustain the weak; <br>
give life by Your unfailing light <br>
to those who walk in the shadow of death, <br>
and bring those rescued by Your mercy from every evil <br>
to reach the highest good. <br>
Through Christ our Lord.
</div>

== Fifth Sunday: Lazarus (A) ==

:: Year B: The Grain of Wheat (Jn 12:20-33) — John's commentary on Agony in the Garden? 

:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english2/p00771.htm Preface of the Fifth Sunday of Lent]
<div style="margin-left:4em">
It is truly right and just, <br>
our duty and our salvation, <br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks, <br>
Lord, holy Father, <br>
almighty and eternal God, <br>
through Christ our Lord.

For as true man he wept for Lazarus his friend  <br>
and as eternal God raised him from the tomb, <br> 
just as, taking pity on the human,  <br>
he leads us by sacred mysteries to new life.

; Prayer Over the People

Bless, O Lord, Your people, <br>
who long for the gift of Your mercy, <br>
and grant that what, at your prompting, they desire <br>
they may receive by Your generous gift. <br>
Through Christ our Lord.
</div>

== Passion Sunday ==

:; [http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english5/p03403.htm Preface of the Passion of the Lord]

<div style="margin-left:4em">
It is truly right and just, <br>
our duty and our salvation, <br>
always and everywhere to give you thanks, <br>
Lord, holy Father, <br>
almighty and eternal God, <br>
through Christ our Lord.

For through the saving Passion of your Son <br>
the whole world has received a heart <br>
to confess the infinite power of your majesty, <br>
since by the wondrous power of the Cross <br>
your judgment on the world is now revealed <br>
and the authority of Christ crucified.
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