Lent 5 - Year A

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (From Psalm 130)
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleading!
If you, O LORD, if you took our faults and wrong actions into account,
        Lord, who could stand before you?
But in you there is a deep well of forgiveness,
        so that you may be held in holy awe.
I wait for you, O LORD, I wait with deep longing,
        and in your word I stand, waiting in hope.
My deep longing for the Lord
        is more than those who watch for the morning,
        more than those who wait for an end to the night.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON (from Psalm 130)
Our hope in you, O LORD!
For with you there is steadfast love,
        and great power to save.
It is the LORD God who will save us from all our wrongdoing.
Thanks be to God.

Looking for contemporary music and song resources? Try David MacGregor's Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening's Sing the Psalms

HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR LENT 5 - YEAR A
Man more than man	TIS 355	AHB 274
My song is love unknown	TIS 341	AHB 257
O Jesus Christ, may grateful hymns be rising	TIS 620	AHB 553
Our God, our help in ages past,	TIS 47	AHB 46
Spirit, divine, attend our prayers	TIS 406	AHB 377
What shall I do my God to love,	TIS 122	AHB 50
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Breathe on me, breath of God	TIS 407	AHB 320
Come, let us with our Lord arise	TIS 375	AHB 297
Come, O God of all the earth	TIS 181
Father of heaven, whose love profound	TIS 131	AHB 60
In water we grow	TIS 494
Now the green blade rises	TIS 382
O Breath of life, come sweeping through us	TIS 409	AHB 322
This is a day of new beginnings	TIS 653
Psalm 130
God! When human bonds are broken	TIS 683
Here hangs a man discarded	TIS 356	SA 45
How shall I sing to God	TIS 667
O come, O come, Emmanuel	TIS 265	AHB 193
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord	TIS 81
Sing a new song, sing a new song	TIS 166	AHB 102
There's a wideness in God's mercy	TIS 136	AHB 72
Romans 8:6-11
Come down, O Love divine	TIS 398	AHB 310
Holy Spirit, come confirm us	TIS 413	AHB 327
O for a thousand tongues to sing	TIS 210	AHB 141
Come, Holy Spirit, our souls inspire	TIS 396	AHB 308
Come, Spirit of God, holy Lord	TIS 399
Holy Spirit, ever dwelling	TIS 410	AHB 323
O Holy Spirit, enter in	TIS 400
Thanks to God whose Word was spoken	TIS 431	AHB 339
We give immortal praise	TIS 118	AHB 38
John 11:1-45
Eternal Light, shine in my heart	TIS 548
I am the Bread of life	TIS 535
I greet you, my Redeemer sure, who lives	TIS 198	AHB 128
Jesus the Lord said, 'I am the bread'	TIS 239	AHB 185
Jesus! The name high over all	TIS 218	AHB 150
Joyful the morning when Jesus Christ is	TIS 383	SA 56
Lord of the living, in your name assembled	TIS 637	SA 64
O Christ the healer, we have come	TIS 638
We give immortal praise ;	TIS 118	AHB 38