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Sunday 15th March 2026
Mothering Sunday (The Fourth Sunday of Lent)
10.30am Sung Eucharist
Sunday 15th March 2026
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
6.00pm Choral Evensong
The Collect
From Common Worship
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 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.
Amen.
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