Appointed Readings
A day of two lessons — the great baptismal Gospel of the man born blind.
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
When I shall be sanctified in you, I will gather you from every land: and I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness: and I will give you a new spirit. Psalm. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Collect of the Day
O God, who grantest to the just the reward of their merits, and to sinners pardon by means of fasting, have mercy on thy supplicants, that the confession of our guilt may enable us to receive the forgiveness of our sins. Through, &c.
The great mid-Lent scrutiny Mass: the collect is preceded by Oremus — Flectamus genua, and a second collect follows the first lesson.
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).