Appointed Readings
Introit & Collect Historic Western
The historic Western rite’s propers for this weekday Mass — not found in Lutheran service books; given for reference alongside the readings.
Introit
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord: seek the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore. Psalm. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his deeds among the gentiles.
Collect of the Day
Grant we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we who are chastised by the fasts we have undertaken, may rejoice with holy devotion; that our earthly affections being weakened, we may more easily apprehend heavenly things. Through our Lord, &c.
Introit and Collect from Husenbeth’s Missal for the Use of the Laity (London, 1853), public domain; cross-verified against the Philadelphia Roman Missal … for the Use of the Laity (1861).
Source: The Lutheran Missal, "Lenten Lections" (11 February 2020), https://lutheranmissal.home.blog/2020/02/11/lenten-lections/ — the historic Western (Roman-rite) Lenten ferial lectionary in its late-medieval German / Lutheran recension. Introits and collects: F. C. Husenbeth, The Missal for the Use of the Laity (London, 1853), public domain; cross-verified against The Roman Missal … for the Use of the Laity (Philadelphia, 1861) and The Anglican Missal (1921).