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
Expect the Lord, do manfully: and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord. Psalm. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Collect of the Day
May our fasts be acceptable to thee, O Lord; and by expiating our sins, may they make us worthy of thy grace, and conduct us to eternal remedies. 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).