Keep the whānau of your church, O God,
safe in your tender compassion,
so that we who entrust ourselves totally to your heavenly grace
may always be defended by your protection;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Textweek Girardian reflection on the lectionary Resourcing Preaching Down Under The Anglican Church of Or also has this as the 4th Sunday OF Epiphany, OR the 4th Sunday of THE Epiphany, OR THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE/(Candlemas) Te Tapaenga o te Karaiti i te Temepara/Na Vakacabori i Jisu, e na Vale ni Soro
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