Calendar

John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-07

Green

Holy Communion
Nahum 2.1, 3, 3.1-3, 6-7
Psalm 137.1-6 or
Deuteronomy 32.35-36, 39, 41
Matthew 16.24-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 31
1 Samuel 17.31-54
Luke 24.13-35

Evening Prayer
Psalm 35
Ezekiel 34.17-end
James 4.13-5.6

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 14.1-9
Luke 8.4-15

Collect

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Strengthen for service, Lord,
the hands that have taken holy things;
may the ears which have heard your word
be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
shine with the light of hope;
and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
glory to you for ever.

Additional Collect

Lord God,
your Son left the riches of heaven
and became poor for our sake:
when we prosper save us from pride,
when we are needy save us from despair,
that we may trust in you alone;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Name of Jesus

BCP Holy Communion

Jeremiah 14.7-9
Psalm 8
Acts 4.8-12
Matthew 1.20-23

BCP Collect

Almighty God, who hast taught us that in the name of Jesus Christ alone is salvation: Mercifully grant that thy faithful people, ever glorifying in his name, may make thy salvation known to all the world, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

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Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
Psalm 25.1a, 3-9
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Matthew 10.5-13

Holy Communion
Habakkuk1.12-2.4
Psalm 9.7-11
Matthew 17.14-20

Morning Prayer
Psalms 41, 42, 43
1 Samuel 17.55-18.16
Luke 24.36-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
Ezekiel 36.16-36
James 5.7-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiastes 5.10-19
1 Timothy 6.6-16

Collect

Almighty God,
whose servant Dominic grew in the knowledge of your truth
and formed an order of preachers to proclaim the faith of Christ:
by your grace give to all your people a love for your word
and a longing to share the gospel,
so that the whole world may come to know you
and your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Dominic
that he served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 9

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

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Green

Proper 14
Principal Service
Continuous
Genesis 37.1-4,12-28
Psalm 105.1-6,16-22,45b*
Romans 10.5-15
Matthew 14.22-33
(or)
Related
1 Kings 19.9-18
Psalm 85.8-13
Romans 10.5-15
Matthew 14.22-33

Third Service
Psalm 88
Song of Solomon 8.5-7 or
1 Maccabees 14.4-15
2 Peter 3.8-13

Second Service
Psalm 86
1 Kings 11.41 - 12.20
Acts 14.8-20
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 6.35,41-51

Collect

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious Father,
revive your Church in our day,
and make her holy, strong and faithful,
for your glory’s sake
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

Numbers 10.35-11.3
Psalm 95
1 Corinthians 10.1-13
Luke 16.1-9
or
Luke 15.11-32

BCP Collect

Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258

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Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Tobit 4.5-11
Psalm 66.1a, 10-12, 17-end
2 Corinthians 9.6-10
Matthew 6.19-24

Holy Communion
DEL week 19
Ezekiel 1.2-5, 24-end
Psalm 148.1-4, 12-13
Matthew 17.22-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 44
1 Samuel 19.1-18
Acts 1.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 47, 49
Ezekiel 37.1-14
Mark 1.1-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Joshua 1.1-9
1 Corinthians 9.19-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who made Laurence a loving servant of your people
and a wise steward of the treasures of your Church:
fire us with his example to love as he loved
and to walk in the way that leads to eternal life;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Laurence:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Laurence:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr at Rome, 258

Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-11

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Song of Songs 8.6, 7
Psalm 62.1, 2, 5-8, 11
2 Corinthians 4.6-10
John 15.4-10

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 2.8-3.4
Psalm 119.65-72
Matthew 18.1-5, 10, 12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52
1 Samuel 20.1-17
Acts 1.15-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 50
Ezekiel 37. 15-end
Mark 1.14-20

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 15.1-11
Galatians 2.15-end

Collect

God of peace,
who in the poverty of the blessed Clare
gave us a clear light to shine in the darkness of this world:
give us grace so to follow in her footsteps
that we may, at the last, rejoice with her in your eternal glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Clare
that she served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-12

Green

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 9.1-7, 10.18-end
Psalm 113
Matthew 18.15-20

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.57-80
1 Samuel 20.18-end
Acts 2.1-21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 59, 60, (67)
Ezekiel 39.21-end
Mark 1.21-28

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 49.1-7
1 John 1

Collect

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious Father,
revive your Church in our day,
and make her holy, strong and faithful,
for your glory’s sake
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-13

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
1 Kings 3.6-10
Psalm 119.33, 34, 37-40
Titus 2.7, 8, 11-14
Matthew 5.17-20

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 12.1-12
Psalm 78.58-64
Matthew 18.21-19.1

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
1 Samuel 21.1-22.5
Acts 2.22-36

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 62, 64
Ezekiel 43.1-12
Mark 1.29-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 27.1-12
John 15.12-27

Collect

Holy and loving God,
you dwell in the human heart
and make us partakers of the divine nature
in Christ our great high priest:
help us who remember your servant Jeremy Taylor
to put our trust in your heavenly promises
and follow a holy life in virtue and true godliness;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Jeremy Taylor to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-14

Green

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 16.1-15, 60-end
Psalm 118.14-18 or
Canticle: Song of Deliverance [Isaiah 12.2-6]
Matthew 19.3-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 51, 54
1 Samuel 22.6-end
Acts 2.37-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 38
Ezekiel 44.4-16
Mark 2.1-12

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Psalm 72
Proverbs 8.22-31
John 19.23-27

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 59.8-end
Mark 15.6-20

Collect

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious Father,
revive your Church in our day,
and make her holy, strong and faithful,
for your glory’s sake
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of The Blessed Virgin Mary

Almighty God,
who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Blessed Virgin Mary

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-15

White

Principal Service
Isaiah 61.10,11 or
Revelation 11.19 - 12.6,10
Psalm 45.10-17
Galatians 4.4-7
Luke 1.46-55

Third Service
Isaiah 7.10-15
Luke 11.27,28
Morning Psalms
Psalms 98, 138, 147.1-12

Second Service
Song of Solomon 2.1-7
Acts 1.6-14
Evening Psalm
Psalm 132

Collect

Almighty God,
who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God most high,
whose handmaid bore the Word made flesh:
we thank you that in this sacrament of our redemption
you visit us with your Holy Spirit
and overshadow us by your power;
strengthen us to walk with Mary the joyful path of obedience
and so to bring forth the fruits of holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 10

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

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Green

Proper 15
Principal Service
Continuous
Genesis 45.1-15
Psalm 133
Romans 11.1-2a, 29-32
Matthew 15.[10-20]21-28
(or)
Related
Isaiah 56.1,6-8
Psalm 67
Romans 11.1-2a,29-32
Matthew 15.[10-20]21-28

Third Service
Psalm 92
Jonah 1 or
Ecclesiasticus 3.1-15
2 Peter 3.14-18

Second Service
Psalm 90*
2 Kings 4.1-37
Acts 16.1-15
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 6.51-58

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

Jeremiah 7.9-15
Psalm 17.1-8
1 Corinthians 12.1-11
Luke 19.41-47

BCP Collect

Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 20
Ezekiel 24.15-24
Psalm 78.1-8
Matthew 19.16-22

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71
1 Samuel 24
Acts 3.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 72, 75
Proverbs 1.1-19
Mark 2.23-3.6

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Judges 13.1-23
Luke 10.38-42

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-18

Green

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 28.1-10
Psalm 107.1-3, 40, 43
Matthew 19.23-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
1 Samuel 26
Acts 4.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
Proverbs 1.20-end
Mark 3.7-19a

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 15.15-end
Matthew 15.21-28

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-19

Green

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 34.1-11
Psalm 23
Matthew 20.1-16

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77
1 Samuel 28.3-end
Acts 4.13-31

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.81-104
Proverbs 2
Mark 3.19b-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 45.1-7
Ephesians 4.1-16

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-20

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 4.5-9
Psalm 19.1-4, 7
Revelation 19.5-9
John 15.7-11

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 36.23-28
Psalm 51.7-12
Matthew 22.1-14

Morning Prayer
Psalm 78.1-39*
1 Samuel 31
Acts 4.32-5.11

Evening Prayer
Psalm 78.40-end*
Proverbs 3.1-26
Mark 4.1-20

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 16.1-15
Luke 12.35-48

Collect

Merciful redeemer,
who, by the life and preaching of your servant Bernard,
rekindled the radiant light of your Church:
grant us, in our generation,
to be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline and love
and ever to walk before you as children of light;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Bernard to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-21

Green

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 37.1-14
Psalm 107.1-8
Matthew 22.34-40

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
2 Samuel 1
Acts 5.12-26

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
Proverbs 3.27-4.19
Mark 4.21-34

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 18.1-11
Hebrews 1.1-9

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-22

Green

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 43.1-7
Psalm 85.7-end
Matthew 23.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
2 Samuel 2.1-11
Acts 5.27-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
Proverbs 6.1-19
Mark 4.35-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 26.1-19
Ephesians 3.1-13

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 11

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-23

Green

Proper 16
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 1.8 - 2.10
Psalm 124
Romans 12.1-8
Matthew 16.13-20
(or)
Related
Isaiah 51.1-6
Psalm 138
Romans 12.1-8
Matthew 16.13-20

Third Service
Psalm 104.1-25
Jonah 2 or
Ecclesiasticus 3.17-29
Revelation 1

Second Service
Psalm 95
2 Kings 6.8-23
Acts 17.15-34
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 6.56-69

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Bartholomew
Psalm 97
Isaiah 61.1-9
2 Corinthians 6.1-10

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord of all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of glory,
the end of our searching,
help us to lay aside
all that prevents us from seeking your kingdom,
and to give all that we have
to gain the pearl beyond all price,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Collect on the Eve of Bartholomew

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP Holy Communion

1 Kings 3.5-15
Psalm 28
1 Corinthians 15.1-11
Luke 18.9-14

BCP Collect

O God, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Bartholomew the Apostle

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-24

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 43.8-13
Psalm 145.1-7
Acts 5.12-16
Luke 22.24-30

(or)
Acts 5.12-16
Psalm 145.1-7
1 Corinthians 4.9-15
Luke 22.24-30

Third Service
Genesis 28.10-17
John 1.43-51
Morning Psalms
Psalms 86, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10 or
Deuteronomy 18.15-19
Matthew 10.1-22
Evening Psalms
Psalms 91, 116

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

BCP Holy Communion

Genesis 28.10-17
Psalm 15
Acts 5.12-16
Luke 22.24-30

BCP Collect

O Almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-25

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 21
2 Thessalonians 2.1-3a, 14-17
Psalm 98
Matthew 23.23-26

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
2 Samuel 5.1-12
Acts 7.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
Proverbs 8.22-end
Mark 5.21-34

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 16.1-11
Philippians 3.4b-end

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord of all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of glory,
the end of our searching,
help us to lay aside
all that prevents us from seeking your kingdom,
and to give all that we have
to gain the pearl beyond all price,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-26

Green

Holy Communion
2 Thessalonians 3.6-10, 16-18
Psalm 128
Matthew 23.27-32

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.105-128
2 Samuel 6.1-19
Acts 7.17-43

Evening Prayer
Psalms 91, 93
Proverbs 9
Mark 5.35-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Deuteronomy 11.1-21
2 Corinthians 9.6-end

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord of all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of glory,
the end of our searching,
help us to lay aside
all that prevents us from seeking your kingdom,
and to give all that we have
to gain the pearl beyond all price,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-27

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
1 Samuel 1.9-18
Psalm 121
1 Timothy 5.3-5
Luke 7.11-17

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 1.1-9
Psalm 145.1-7
Matthew 24.42-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, 92
2 Samuel 7.1-17
Acts 7.44-53

Evening Prayer
Psalm 94
Proverbs 10.1-12
Mark 6.1-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 2 or Ecclesiastes 2.12-25
John 16.1-15

Collect

Faithful God,
who strengthened Monica, the mother of Augustine, with wisdom,
and through her patient endurance encouraged him
to seek after you:
give us the will to persist in prayer
that those who stray from you may be brought to faith
in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name,
your servant Monica revealed your goodness
in a life of tranquillity and service:
grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table
may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge
and be filled with all your fullness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

or another Post Communion for `Any Saint’ is used.

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-28

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
Psalm 84.1-4
Romans 13.11-end
Matthew 23.8-12

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 1.17-25
Psalm 33.6-12
Matthew 25.1-13

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
2 Samuel 7.18-end
Acts 7.54-8.3

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
Proverbs 11.1-12
Mark 6.14-29

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Obadiah 1-10
John 19.1-16

Collect

Merciful Lord,
who turned Augustine from his sins
to be a faithful bishop and teacher:
grant that we may follow him in penitence and discipline
till our restless hearts find their rest in you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Augustine to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430

The Beheading of John the Baptist

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-29

Green / red

Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Psalm 11
Hebrews 11.32 - 12.2
Matthew 14.1-12

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 1.26-end
Psalm 33.12-15, 20-end
Matthew 25.14-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97, 100
2 Samuel 9
Acts 8.4-25

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104
Proverbs 12.10-end
Mark 6.30-44

Additional Weekday Lectionary
2 Kings 2.11-14
Luke 24.36-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant John the Baptist
to be the forerunner of your Son in birth and death:
strengthen us by your grace
that, as he suffered for the truth,
so we may boldly resist corruption and vice
and receive with him the unfading crown of glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Lord,
whose prophet John the Baptist
proclaimed your Son as the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world:
grant that we who in this sacrament
have known your forgiveness and your life-giving love
may ever tell of your mercy and your peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 12

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

BCP Holy Communion

2 Chronicles 24.17-21
Psalm 92.11-end
Hebrews 11.32-12.2
Matthew 14.1-12

BCP Collect

O God, who didst vouchsafe to thy servant John Baptist to be in birth and death the forerunner of thy Son: Grant that as he was slain for truth and righteousness, so we may contend for the same unto the end; for the love of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-30

Green

Proper 17
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 3.1-15
Psalm 105.1-6,23-26,45b*
Romans 12.9-21
Matthew 16.21-28
(or)
Related
Jeremiah 15.15-21
Psalm 26.1-8
Romans 12.9-21
Matthew 16.21-28

Third Service
Psalm 107.1-32
Jonah 3.1-9 or
Ecclesiasticus 11.7-28
(or 19-28)
Revelation 3.14-22

Second Service
Psalm 105.1-15
2 Kings 6.24-25; 7.3-20
Acts 18.1-16
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 7.1-8,14,15, 21-23

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all mercy,
in this eucharist you have set aside our sins
and given us your healing:
grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of constant mercy,
who sent your Son to save us:
remind us of your goodness,
increase your grace within us,
that our thankfulness may grow,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

Exodus 34.29-35
Psalm 34 1-10
2 Corinthians 3.4-9
Mark 7.31-end

BCP Collect

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.

Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-08-31

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 45.22-end
Psalm 47.1-4, 6-end
1 Corinthians 9.16-19
John 13.16-20

Holy Communion
DEL week 22
1 Corinthians 2.1-5
Psalm 33.12-21
Luke 4.16-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 101
2 Samuel 11
Acts 8.26-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105* (or 103)
Proverbs 14.31-15.17
Mark 6.45-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Samuel 17.32-50
Matthew 8.14-22

Collect

Everlasting God,
you sent the gentle bishop Aidan
to proclaim the gospel in this land:
grant us to live as he taught
in simplicity, humility and love for the poor;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal
the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share with Aidan and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-01

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 2.10b-end
Psalm 145.10-17
Luke 4.31-37

Morning Prayer
Psalm 106* (or 103)
2 Samuel 12.1-25
Acts 9.1-19a

Evening Prayer
Psalm 107*
Proverbs 15.18-end
Mark 7.1-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 17.1-15
Luke 7.1-17

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all mercy,
in this eucharist you have set aside our sins
and given us your healing:
grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of constant mercy,
who sent your Son to save us:
remind us of your goodness,
increase your grace within us,
that our thankfulness may grow,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Giles of Provence, Abbot, c.710

The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-02

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 3.1-9
Psalm 62
Luke 4.38-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
2 Samuel 15.1-12
Acts 9.19b-31

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
Proverbs 18.10-end
Mark 7.14-23

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 5.20-end
2 Peter 3.8-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all mercy,
in this eucharist you have set aside our sins
and given us your healing:
grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of constant mercy,
who sent your Son to save us:
remind us of your goodness,
increase your grace within us,
that our thankfulness may grow,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-03

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 47.8-11
Psalm 100
1 Thessalonians 2.3-8
Mark 10.42-45

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 3.18-end
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 5.1-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
2 Samuel 15.13-end
Acts 9.32-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
Proverbs 20.1-22
Mark 7.24-30

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Daniel 2.1-23
Luke 10.1-20

Collect

Merciful Father,
who chose your bishop Gregory
to be a servant of the servants of God:
grant that, like him, we may ever long to serve you
by proclaiming your gospel to the nations,
and may ever rejoice to sing your praises;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Gregory to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-04

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 4.1-5
Psalm 37.3-8
Luke 5.33-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
2 Samuel 16.1-14
Acts 10.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
Proverbs 22.1-16
Mark 7.31-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Daniel 3.1-28
Revelation 15

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all mercy,
in this eucharist you have set aside our sins
and given us your healing:
grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of constant mercy,
who sent your Son to save us:
remind us of your goodness,
increase your grace within us,
that our thankfulness may grow,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-05

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 4.6-15
Psalm 145.18-end
Luke 6.1-5

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
2 Samuel 17.1-23
Acts 10.17-33

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118
Proverbs 24.23-end
Mark 8.1-10

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Daniel 6
Philippians 2.14-24

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all mercy,
in this eucharist you have set aside our sins
and given us your healing:
grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of constant mercy,
who sent your Son to save us:
remind us of your goodness,
increase your grace within us,
that our thankfulness may grow,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 13

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-06

Green

Proper 18
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 12.1-14
Psalm 149
Romans 13.8-14
Matthew 18.15-20
(or)
Related
Ezekiel 33.7-11
Psalm 119.33-40
Romans 13.8-14
Matthew 18.15-20

Third Service
Psalm 119.17-32
Jonah 3.10 - 4.11 or
Ecclesiasticus 27.30 - 28.9
Revelation 8.1-5

Second Service
Psalm 108 [115]
Ezekiel 12.21 - 13.16
Acts 19.1-20
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 7.24-37

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
you feed your children with the true manna,
the living bread from heaven:
let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
until we come to that place
where hunger and thirst are no more;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may we rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

Leviticus 19.13-18
Psalm 74.20-end
Galatians 3.16-22 or
Hebrews 13.1-6
Luke 10.23b-37

BCP Collect

Almighty and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-07

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 23
1 Corinthians 5.1-8
Psalm 5.5-9a
Luke 6.6-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 123, 124, 125, 126
2 Samuel 18.1-18
Acts 10.34-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 127, 128, 129
Proverbs 25.1-14
Mark 8.11-21

Additional Weekday Lectionary
2 Samuel 7.4-17
2 Corinthians 5.1-10

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
you feed your children with the true manna,
the living bread from heaven:
let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
until we come to that place
where hunger and thirst are no more;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may we rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Evurtius, Bishop of Orleans, 4th century

The Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary may, for pastoral reasons, be observed on 8 September instead of 15 August.
If it is observed on 8 September then the Collect, Post Communion and Lectionary for 15 August replace those for 8 September.
The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-08

Green

Exciting Holiness
Micah 5.2-4
Canticle: Judith 16.13-16
Romans 8.28-30
Matthew 1.[1-16] 18-23

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 6.1-11
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 6.12-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 133
2 Samuel 18.19-19.8a
Acts 11.1-18

Evening Prayer
Psalms (134), 135
Proverbs 25.15-end
Mark 8.22-26

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 18.10-21
Romans 14.10-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who stooped to raise fallen humanity
through the child-bearing of blessed Mary:
grant that we, who have seen your glory
revealed in our human nature
and your love made perfect in our weakness,
may daily be renewed in your image
and conformed to the pattern of your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God most high,
whose handmaid bore the Word made flesh:
we thank you that in this sacrament of our redemption
you visit us with your Holy Spirit
and overshadow us by your power;
strengthen us to walk with Mary the joyful path of obedience
and so to bring forth the fruits of holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

BCP Holy Communion

Genesis 3.9-15
Psalm 45.11-18
Romans 5.12-17
Luke 11.27-28

BCP Collect

O merciful God, hear the prayers of thy servants who commemorate the Nativity of the Mother of the Lord; and grant that by the incarnation of thy dear Son we may indeed be made nigh unto him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.

Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-09

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 7.25-31
Psalm 45.11-end
Luke 6.20-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.153-end
2 Samuel 19.8b-23
Acts 11.19-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 136
Proverbs 26.12-end
Mark 8.27-9.1

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Judges 4.1-10
Romans 1.8-17

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
you feed your children with the true manna,
the living bread from heaven:
let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
until we come to that place
where hunger and thirst are no more;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may we rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-10

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 8.1-7, 11-end
Psalm 139.1-9
Luke 6.27-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 143, 146
2 Samuel 19.24-end
Acts 12.1-17

Evening Prayer
Psalms 138, 140, 141
Proverbs 27.1-22
Mark 9.2-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 49.14-end
John 16.16-24

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
you feed your children with the true manna,
the living bread from heaven:
let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
until we come to that place
where hunger and thirst are no more;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may we rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-11

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 9.16-19, 22-end
Psalm 84.1-6
Luke 6.39-42

Morning Prayer
Psalms 142, 144
2 Samuel 23.1-7
Acts 12.18-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
Proverbs 30.1-9, 24-31
Mark 9.14-29

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Job 9.1-24
Mark 15.21-32

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
you feed your children with the true manna,
the living bread from heaven:
let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
until we come to that place
where hunger and thirst are no more;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may we rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-12

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 10.14-22
Psalm 116.10-end
Luke 6.43-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 147
2 Samuel 24
Acts 13.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150
Proverbs 31.10-end
Mark 9.30-37

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Exodus 19.1-9
John 20.11-18

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
you feed your children with the true manna,
the living bread from heaven:
let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
until we come to that place
where hunger and thirst are no more;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may we rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 14

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in truth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-13

Green

Proper 19
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 14.19-31
Psalm 114 or
Canticle: Exodus 15.1b-11, 20,21
Romans 14.1-12
Matthew 18.21-35
(or)
Related
Genesis 50.15-21
Psalm 103.[1-7]8-13*
Romans 14.1-12
Matthew 18.21-35

Third Service
Psalm 119.65-88
Isaiah 44.24 - 45.8
Revelation 12.1-12

Second Service
Psalm 119.41-48[49-64]
Ezekiel 20.1-8,33-44
Acts 20.17-38
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 8.27-38

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Holy Cross Day
Psalm 66
Isaiah 52.13 - 53.12
Ephesians 2.11-22

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in truth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
your Son came to save us
and bore our sins on the cross:
may we trust in your mercy
and know your love,
rejoicing in the righteousness
that is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Holy Cross Day

Almighty God,
who in the passion of your blessed Son
made an instrument of painful death
to be for us the means of life and peace:
grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP Holy Communion

2 Kings 5.9-16
Psalm 118.1-9
Galatians 5.16-24
Luke 17.11-19

BCP Collect

Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Holy Cross Day

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-14

Red

Principal Service
Numbers 21.4-9
Psalm 22.23-28
Philippians 2.6-11
John 3.13-17

Third Service
Genesis 3.1-15
John 12.27-36a
Morning Psalms
Psalms 2, 8, 146

Second Service
Isaiah 63.1-16
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Evening Psalms
Psalms 110, 150

Collect

Almighty God,
who in the passion of your blessed Son
made an instrument of painful death
to be for us the means of life and peace:
grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Faithful God,
whose Son bore our sins in his body on the tree
and gave us this sacrament to show forth his death until he comes:
give us grace to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
for he is our salvation, our life and our hope,
who reigns as Lord, now and for ever.

BCP: Holy Cross Day

BCP Holy Communion

Numbers 21.4-9
Psalm 67
1 Corinthians 1.17-25
John 12.27-33

BCP Collect

O God, who by the passion of thy blessed Son hast made the instrument of shameful death to be unto us the means of life and peace: Grant us so to glory in the Cross of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame and loss; for the sake of the same thy Son our Lord.

Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-15

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Ezekiel 34.11-16
Psalm 75.1-3, 6, 7, 10
1 Peter 4.12-end
Matthew 18.18-22

Holy Communion
DEL week 24
1 Corinthians 12.12-14, 27-end
Psalm 100
Luke 7.11-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 6, (8)
1 Kings 1.32-2.4;2.10-12
Acts 13.44-14.7

Evening Prayer
Psalms 9, 10*
Wisdom 2 or
1 Chronicles 13
Mark 10.1-16

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 21.1-18
Mark 6.30-44

Collect

Holy God, who brought Cyprian to faith in Christ,
made him a bishop in the Church
and crowned his witness with a martyr’s death:
grant that, after his example,
we may love the Church and her teachings,
find your forgiveness within her fellowship
and so come to share the heavenly banquet
you have prepared for us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Cyprian:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Cyprian:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-16

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 67
Acts 13.46-49
Mark 16.15-end

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 12.31b-13.end
Psalm 33.1-12
Luke 7.31-35

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.1-32
1 Kings 3
Acts 14.8-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 11, 12, 13
Wisdom 3.1-9 or
1 Chronicles 15.1-16.3
Mark 10.17-31

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Hosea 11.1-11
1 John 4.9-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who called your servant Ninian to preach the gospel
to the people of northern Britain:
raise up in this and every land
heralds and evangelists of your kingdom,
that your Church may make known the immeasurable riches
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal
the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share with Ninian and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-17

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 8.12-14, 22-31
Psalm 104.26, 29, 30, 32-36
1 Corinthians 2.9-13
Luke 10.21-24

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 15.1-11
Psalm 118.1-2, 17-20
Luke 7.36-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 14, 15, 16
1 Kings 4.29-5.12
Acts 15.1-21

Evening Prayer
Psalm 18*
Wisdom 4.7-end or
1 Chronicles 17
Mark 10.32-34

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Lamentations 3.34-48
Romans 7.14-end

Collect

Most glorious and holy God,
whose servant Hildegard, strong in the faith,
was caught up in the vision of your heavenly courts:
by the breath of your Spirit
open our eyes to glimpse your glory
and our lips to sing your praises with all the angels;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Hildegard
that she served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht, Martyr, 709

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-18

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 15.12-20
Psalm 17.1-8
Luke 8.1-3

Morning Prayer
Psalms 17, 19
1 Kings 6.1, 11-28
Acts 15.22-35

Evening Prayer
Psalm 22
Wisdom 5.1-16 or
1 Chronicles 21.1-22.1
Mark 10.35-45

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Kings 19.4-18
1 Thessalonians 3

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in truth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
your Son came to save us
and bore our sins on the cross:
may we trust in your mercy
and know your love,
rejoicing in the righteousness
that is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-19

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 15.35-37, 42-49
Psalm 30.1-5
Luke 8.4-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 20, 21, 23
1 Kings 8.1-30
Acts 15.36-16.5

Evening Prayer
Psalms 24, 25
Wisdom 5.17-6.11 or
1 Chronicles 22.2-end
Mark 10.46-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 4.11-28 or Deuteronomy 29.2-15
2 Timothy 3.10-end

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in truth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
your Son came to save us
and bore our sins on the cross:
may we trust in your mercy
and know your love,
rejoicing in the righteousness
that is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 15

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-20

Green

Proper 20
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 16.2-15
Psalm 105.1-6,37-45*
Philippians 1.21-30
Matthew 20.1-16
(or)
Related
Jonah 3.10 - 4.11
Psalm 145.1-8
Philippians 1.21-30
Matthew 20.1-16

Third Service
Psalm 119.153-176
Isaiah 45.9-22
Revelation 14.1-5

Second Service
Psalm 119.113-136*
Ezekiel 33.23,30 - 34.10
Acts 26.1,9-25
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 9.30-37

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Matthew
Psalm 34
Isaiah 33.13-17
Matthew 6.19-34

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Matthew

O Almighty God,
whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
to be an apostle and evangelist:
give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
and the possessive love of riches
that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP Holy Communion

Joshua 24.14-25
Psalm 92.1-6
Galatians 6.11-18
Matthew 6.24-end

BCP Collect

Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-21

Red

Principal Service
Proverbs 3.13-18
Psalm 119.65-72
2 Corinthians 4.1-6
Matthew 9.9-13

Third Service
1 Kings 19.15-21
2 Timothy 3.14-17
Morning Psalms
Psalms 49, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiastes 5.4-12
Matthew 19.16-30
Evening Psalm
Psalm 119.33-40, 89-96

Collect

O Almighty God,
whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
to be an apostle and evangelist:
give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
and the possessive love of riches
that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Saint Matthew, Apostle

BCP Holy Communion

Isaiah 33.13-17
Psalm 119.65-72
2 Corinthians 4.1-6
Matthew 9.9-13

BCP Collect

O Almighty God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-22

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 25
Proverbs 21.1-6, 10-13
Psalm 119.1-8
Luke 8.19-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 32, 36
1 Kings 8.63-9.9
Acts 16.25-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 33
Wisdom 7.1-14 or
1 Chronicles 28.11-end
Mark 11.12-26

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 8.1-11
Luke 6.39-end

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-23

Green

Holy Communion
Proverbs 30.5-9
Psalm 119.105-112
Luke 9.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalm 34
1 Kings 10.1-25
Acts 17.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 119.33-56
Wisdom 7.15-8.4 or
1 Chronicles 29.1-9
Mark 11.27-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 2.1-15
Colossians 1.9-20

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-12 or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-24

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiastes 1.2-11
Psalm 90.1-6
Luke 9.7-9

Morning Prayer
Psalm 37*
1 Kings 11.1-13
Acts 17.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 39, 40
Wisdom 8.5-18 or
1 Chronicles 29.10-20
Mark 12.1-12

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Baruch 3.14-end or Genesis 1.1-13
John 1.1-18

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-12 or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-25

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 6.1-8
Psalm 63.1-9
1 Peter 5.1-4
Matthew 13.44-46, 52

Holy Communion
Ecclesiastes 3.1-11
Psalm 144.1-4
Luke 9.18-22

Morning Prayer
Psalm 31
1 Kings 11.26-end
Acts 18.1-21

Evening Prayer
Psalm 35
Wisdom 8.21-9.end or
1 Chronicles 29.21-end
Mark 12.13-17

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 1.1-20 or Deuteronomy 7.7-16
1 Corinthians 1.18-end

Collect

Lord God,
who gave to Lancelot Andrewes many gifts of your Holy Spirit,
making him a man of prayer and a pastor of your people:
perfect in us that which is lacking in your gifts,
of faith, to increase it,
of hope, to establish it,
of love, to kindle it,
that we may live in the light of your grace and glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God, shepherd of your people,
whose servant Lancelot Andrewes revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-12 or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-26

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiastes 11.9-12.8
Psalm 90.1-2, 12-end
Luke 9.43b-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 41, 42, 43
1 Kings 12.1-24
Acts 18.22-19.7

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
Wisdom 10.15-11.10 or
2 Chronicles 1.1-13
Mark 12.18-27

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Wisdom 9.1-12 or Jeremiah 1.4-10
Luke 2.41-end

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 16

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP: Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-27

Green

Proper 21
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 17.1-7
Psalm 78.1-4,12-16*
Philippians 2.1-13
Matthew 21.23-32
(or)
Related
Ezekiel 18.1-4,25-32
Psalm 25.1-8
Philippians 2.1-13
Matthew 21.23-32

Third Service
Psalms 125, 126, 127
Isaiah 48.12-21
Luke 11.37-54

Second Service
Psalms [120, 123] 124
Ezekiel 37.15-28
1 John 2.22-29
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 9.38-50

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

1 Kings 17.17-24
Psalm 102.12-17
Ephesians 3.13-end
Luke 7.11-17

BCP Collect

O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-28

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 26
Job 1.6-end
Psalm 17.1-11
Luke 9.46-50

Morning Prayer
Psalm 44
1 Kings 12.25-13.10
Acts 19.8-20

Evening Prayer
Psalms 47, 49
Wisdom 11.21-12.2 or
2 Chronicles 2.1-16
Mark 12.28-34

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Michael and All Angels
Psalm 91
2 Kings 6.8-17
Matthew 18.1-6,10

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Genesis 21.1-13
Luke 1.26-38

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Michael and All Angels

Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Michael and All Angels

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-29

White

Principal Service
Genesis 28.10-17
Psalm 103.19-22
Revelation 12.7-12
John 1.47-51

(or)
Revelation 12.7-12
Psalm 103.19-22
Hebrews 1.5-14
John 1.47-51

Third Service
Tobit 12.6-22 or
Daniel 12.1-4
Acts 12.1-11
Morning Psalms
Psalms 34, 150

Second Service
Daniel 10.4-21
Revelation 5
Evening Psalms
Psalms 138, 148

Collect

Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord of heaven,
in this eucharist you have brought us near
to an innumerable company of angels
and to the spirits of the saints made perfect:
as in this food of our earthly pilgrimage
we have shared their fellowship,
so may we come to share their joy in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Saint Michael and All Angels

BCP Holy Communion

Daniel 10.10-19a
Psalm 103.17-22
Revelation 12.7-12
Matthew 18.1-10

BCP Collect

O everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-09-30

Green

Holy Communion
Job 9.1-12, 14-16
Psalm 88.1-6, 11
Luke 9.57-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.57-80
1 Kings 17
Acts 20.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 59, 60, (67)
Wisdom 13.1-9 or
2 Chronicles 5
Mark 13.1-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
2 Kings 4.1-7
John 2.1-11

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Jerome, Monk, 420

Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-01

Green

Holy Communion
Job 19.21-27a
Psalm 27.13-16
Luke 10.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
1 Kings 18.1-20
Acts 20.17-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 62, 64
Wisdom 16.15-17.1 or
2 Chronicles 6.1-21
Mark 13.14-23

Additional Weekday Lectionary
2 Kings 4.25b-37
Mark 3.19b-35

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, 533

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-02

Green

Holy Communion
Job 38.1, 12-21, 40.3-5
Psalm 139.6-11
Luke 10.13-16

Morning Prayer
Psalms 51, 54
1 Kings 18.21-end
Acts 21.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 38
Wisdom 18.6-19 or
2 Chronicles 6.22-end
Mark 13.24-31

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Judith 8.9-17, 28-36 or Ruth 1.1-18
John 19.25b-30

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-03

Green

Holy Communion
Job 42.1-3, 6, 12-end
Psalm 119.169-end
Luke 10.17-24

Morning Prayer
Psalm 68
1 Kings 19
Acts 21.17-36

Evening Prayer
Psalms 65, 66
Wisdom 19 or
2 Chronicles 7
Mark 13.32-end

Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Dedication Festival
Psalm 24
2 Chronicles 7.11-16
John 4.19-29

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Exodus 15.19-27
Acts 1.6-14

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 17

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of the Dedication Festival

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

When the date of dedication is unknown, the Dedication Festival may be observed on the first Sunday of October (4 October), or on the Last Sunday after Trinity (25 October), or on a suitable date chosen locally.
Dedication Festival

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-04

Gold or White

Principal Service
1 Kings 8.22-30 or
Revelation 21.9-14
Psalm 122
Hebrews 12.18-24
Matthew 21.12-16

Third Service
Haggai 2.6-9
Hebrews 10.19-25
Morning Psalms
Psalms 48, 150

Second Service
Jeremiah 7.1-11
1 Corinthians 3.9-17
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 19.1-10
Evening Psalm
Psalm 132

Collect

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Father in heaven,
whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace,
an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem:
grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage
that, fed with the living bread of heaven,
and united in the body of your Son,
we may be the temple of your presence,
the place of your glory on earth,
and a sign of your peace in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If the Dedication Festival is not observed on Sunday 4 October:
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-04

Green

Proper 22
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 20.1-4, 7-9,12-20
Psalm 19*
Philippians 3.4b-14
Matthew 21.33-46
(or)
Related
Isaiah 5.1-7
Psalm 80.9-17
Philippians 3.4b-14
Matthew 21.33-46

Third Service
Psalms 128, 129, 134
Isaiah 49.13-23
Luke 12.1-12

Second Service
Psalm 136*
Proverbs 2.1-11
1 John 2.1-17
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 10.2-16

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

Proverbs 25.6-14
Psalm 33.6-12
Ephesians 4.1-6
Luke 14.1-11

BCP Collect

Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-05

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 27
Galatians 1.6-12
Psalm 111.1-6
Luke 10.25-37

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71
1 Kings 21
Acts 21.37-22.21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 72, 75
1 Maccabees 1.1-19 or
2 Chronicles 9.1-12
Mark 14.1-11

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Exodus 19.16-end
Hebrews 12.18-end

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-06

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 8.4-11
Psalm 119.89-96
2 Timothy 3.12-end
John 17.6-8, 14-19

Holy Communion
Galatians 1.13-end
Psalm 139.1-9
Luke 10.38-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
1 Kings 22.1-28
Acts 22.22-23.11

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
1 Maccabees 1.20-40 or
2 Chronicles 10.1-11.4
Mark 14.12-25

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Chronicles 16.1-13
Revelation 11.15-end

Collect

Lord, give to your people grace to hear and keep your word
that, after the example of your servant William Tyndale,
we may not only profess your gospel
but also be ready to suffer and die for it,
to the honour of your name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr William Tyndale:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr William Tyndale:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Faith, Virgin, Martyr in Aquitaine, c.304

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-07

Green

Holy Communion
Galatians 2.1-2, 7-14
Psalm 117
Luke 11.1-4

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77
1 Kings 22.29-45
Acts 23.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.81-104
1 Maccabees 1.41-end or
2 Chronicles 12
Mark 14.26-42

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Chronicles 29.10-19
Colossians 3.12-17

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-08

Green

Holy Communion
Galatians 3.1-5
Canticle: Benedictus
Luke 11.5-13

Morning Prayer
Psalm 78.1-39*
2 Kings 1.2-17
Acts 24.1-23

Evening Prayer
Psalm 78.40-end*
1 Maccabees 2.1-28 or
2 Chronicles 13.1-14.1
Mark 14.43-52

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Nehemiah 8.1-12
1 Corinthians 14.1-12

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c.250
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-09

Green

Holy Communion
Galatians 3.7-14
Psalm 111.4-end
Luke 11.15-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
2 Kings 2.1-18
Acts 24.24-25.12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
1 Maccabees 2.29-48 or
2 Chronicles 14.2-end
Mark 14.53-65

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 1.10-17
Mark 12.28-34

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Denys, Bishop of Paris, Martyr, c.250

Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674

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Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 2.2-5
Psalm 27.1, 2, 4, 5
Ephesians 2.4-10
Matthew 28.16-end

Holy Communion
Galatians 3.22-end
Psalm 105.1-7
Luke 11.27-28

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
2 Kings 4.1-37
Acts 25.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
1 Maccabees 2.49-end or
2 Chronicles 15.1-15
Mark 14.66-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Daniel 6.6-23
Revelation 12.7-12

Collect

God our Saviour,
who sent Paulinus to preach and to baptize,
and so to build up your Church in this land:
grant that, inspired by his example,
we may tell all the world of your truth,
that with him we may receive the reward
you prepare for all your faithful servants;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal
the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share with Paulinus and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 18

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-11

Green

Proper 23
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 32.1-14
Psalm 106.1-6,19-23*
Philippians 4.1-9
Matthew 22.1-14
(or)
Related
Isaiah 25.1-9
Psalm 23
Philippians 4.1-9
Matthew 22.1-14

Third Service
Psalms 138, 141
Isaiah 50.4-10
Luke 13.22-30

Second Service
Psalm 139.1-18*
Proverbs 3.1-18
1 John 3.1-15
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 10.17-31

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

Additional Collect

God, our judge and saviour,
teach us to be open to your truth
and to trust in your love,
that we may live each day
with confidence in the salvation which is given
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP Holy Communion

Deuteronomy 6.4-9
Psalm 122
1 Corinthians 1.4-8
Matthew 22.34-end

BCP Collect

Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709
Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845
Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-12

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 67
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Luke 5.1-11

Holy Communion
DEL week 28
Galatians 4.21-24, 26-27, 31, 5.1
Psalm 113
Luke 11.29-32

Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82
2 Kings 5
Acts 26.1-23

Evening Prayer
Psalms 85, 86
1 Maccabees 3.1-26 or
2 Chronicles 17.1-12
Mark 15.1-15

Additional Weekday Lectionary
2 Samuel 22.4-7, 17-20
Hebrews 7.26 - 8.6

Collect

Almighty God,
who called our forebears to the light of the gospel
by the preaching of your servant Wilfrid:
help us, who keep his life and labour in remembrance,
to glorify your name by following the example
of his zeal and perseverance;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal
the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share with Wilfrid and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066

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Green / white

Exciting Holiness
2 Samuel 23.1-5
Psalm 132.1-5, 8, 9
1 John 4.13-16
Matthew 21.12-17

Holy Communion
Galatians 5.1-6
Psalm 119.41-48
Luke 11.37-41

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
2 Kings 6.1-23
Acts 26.24-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
1 Maccabees 3.27-41 or
2 Chronicles 18.1-27
Mark 15.16-32

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 22.17-end
2 Corinthians 12.1-10

Collect

Sovereign God,
who set your servant Edward
upon the throne of an earthly kingdom
and inspired him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven:
grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ
by word and deed,
that we may, with all your saints, inherit your eternal glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
who inspired Edward to witness to your love
and to work for the coming of your kingdom:
may we, who in this sacrament share the bread of heaven,
be fired by your Spirit to proclaim the gospel in our daily living
and never to rest content until your kingdom come,
on earth as it is in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

or another Post Communion for `Any Saint’ is used.

BCP: Translation of Edward, King of England, 1066, translated 1163

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-14

Green

Holy Communion
Galatians 5.18-end
Psalm 1
Luke 11.42-46

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.105-128
2 Kings 9.1-16
Acts 27.1-26

Evening Prayer
Psalms 91, 93
1 Maccabees 3.42-end or
2 Chronicles 18.28-19.end
Mark 15.33-41

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Hosea 14
James 2.14-26

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

Additional Collect

God, our judge and saviour,
teach us to be open to your truth
and to trust in your love,
that we may live each day
with confidence in the salvation which is given
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582

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Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 7.7-15
Psalm 138.1-3, 6-8a
Romans 8.22-27
John 14.1-7

Holy Communion
Ephesians 1.1-10
Psalm 98.1-4
Luke 11.47-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, 92
2 Kings 9.17-end
Acts 27.27-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 94
1 Maccabees 4.1-25 or
2 Chronicles 20.1-23
Mark 15.42-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 24.1-15
John 16.25-33

Collect

Merciful God,
who by your Spirit raised up your servant Teresa of Avila
to reveal to your Church the way of perfection:
grant that her teaching
may awaken in us a longing for holiness,
until we attain to the perfect union of love
in Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Teresa to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-16

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 1.11-14
Psalm 33.1-6, 12
Luke 12.1-7

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
2 Kings 12.1-19
Acts 28.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
1 Maccabees 4.26-35 or
2 Chronicles 22.10-23.end
Mark 16.1-8

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 14.1-9
Luke 23.44-56

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

Additional Collect

God, our judge and saviour,
teach us to be open to your truth
and to trust in your love,
that we may live each day
with confidence in the salvation which is given
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107

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Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 35.6-end
Psalm 31.1-5, 7, 8
Philippians 3.7-12
John 6.52-58

Holy Communion
Ephesians 1.15-end
Psalm 8
Luke 12.8-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97, 100
2 Kings 17.1-23
Acts 28.17-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104
1 Maccabees 4.36-end or
2 Chronicles 24.1-22
Mark 16.9-end

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Luke
Psalm 33
Hosea 6.1-3
2 Timothy 3.10-17

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Zechariah 8.14-end
John 20.19-end

Collect

Feed us, O Lord, with the living bread
and make us drink deep of the cup of salvation
that, following the teaching of your bishop Ignatius
and rejoicing in the faith
with which he embraced a martyr’s death,
we may be nourished for that eternal life
for which he longed;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Ignatius:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Ignatius:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Luke

Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 19

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP: Etheldreda, Virgin, c.678, translated 695, 1106, 1252

The Festival of Luke the Evangelist may be celebrated on Sunday 18 October, or on Monday 19 October.
If Luke is celebrated on Sunday 18 October:
Luke the Evangelist

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-18

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 35.3-6 or
Acts 16.6-12a
Psalm 147.1-7
2 Timothy 4.5-17
Luke 10.1-9

Third Service
Isaiah 55
Luke 1.1-4
Morning Psalms
Psalms 145, 146

Second Service
Ecclesiasticus 38.1-14 or
Isaiah 61.1-6
Colossians 4.7-18
Evening Psalm
Psalm 103

Collect

Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Festival of Luke the Evangelist may be celebrated on Sunday 18 October, or on Tuesday 20 October.
If Luke is celebrated on Sunday 18 October:

BCP: Saint Luke, Evangelist

BCP Holy Communion

Isaiah 35.3-6
Psalm 147.1-6
2 Timothy 4.5-15
Luke 10.1-7
or
Luke 7.36-50

BCP Collect

Almighty God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

Proper 24
Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 33.12-23
Psalm 99*
1 Thessalonians 1.1-10
Matthew 22.15-22
(or)
Related
Isaiah 45.1-7
Psalm 96.1-9[10-13]
1 Thessalonians 1.1-10
Matthew 22.15-22

Third Service
Psalms 145, 149
Isaiah 54.1-14
Luke 13.31-35

Second Service
Psalms 142 [143.1-11]
Proverbs 4.1-18
1 John 3.16 - 4.6
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 10.35-45

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Luke
Psalm 33
Hosea 6.1-3
2 Timothy 3.10-17

Collect

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy and blessed God,
you have fed us with the body and blood of your Son
and filled us with your Holy Spirit:
may we honour you,
not only with our lips
but in lives dedicated to the service
of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Luke

Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP Holy Communion

Genesis 18.23-32
Psalm 141.1-9
Ephesians 4.17-end
Matthew 9.1-8

BCP Collect

O God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812

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Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 55.6-11
Psalm 24.1-7, 10
Philippians 2.12-18
Mark 16.15-end

Holy Communion
DEL week 29
Ephesians 2.1-10
Psalm 100
Luke 12.13-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 101
2 Kings 17.24-end
Philippians 1.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105* (or 103)
1 Maccabees 6.1-17 or
2 Chronicles 26.1-21
John 13.1-11

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Kings 3.3-14
1 Timothy 3.14 - 4.8

Collect

Almighty God,
who by your Holy Spirit gave Henry Martyn
a longing to tell the good news of Christ
and skill to translate the Scriptures:
by the same Spirit give us grace to offer you our gifts,
wherever you may lead, at whatever the cost;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy Father,
who gathered us here around the table of your Son
to share this meal with the whole household of God:
in that new world where you reveal
the fullness of your peace,
gather people of every race and language
to share with Henry Martyn and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Festival of Luke the Evangelist may be celebrated on Sunday 18 October, or on Monday 19 October.
If Luke is celebrated on Monday 19 October:
Luke the Evangelist

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-19

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 35.3-6 or
Acts 16.6-12a
Psalm 147.1-7
2 Timothy 4.5-17
Luke 10.1-9

Third Service
Isaiah 55
Luke 1.1-4
Morning Psalms
Psalms 145, 146

Second Service
Ecclesiasticus 38.1-14 or
Isaiah 61.1-6
Colossians 4.7-18
Evening Psalm
Psalm 103

Collect

Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-20

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 2.12-end
Psalm 85.7-end
Luke 12.35-38

Morning Prayer
Psalm 106* (or 103)
2 Kings 18.1-12
Philippians 1.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 107*
1 Maccabees 6.18-47 or
2 Chronicles 28
John 13.12-20

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 27.11-end
Galatians 6.1-10

Collect

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy and blessed God,
you have fed us with the body and blood of your Son
and filled us with your Holy Spirit:
may we honour you,
not only with our lips
but in lives dedicated to the service
of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Festival of Luke the Evangelist may be celebrated on Sunday 18 October, or on Tuesday 20 October.
If Luke is celebrated on Tuesday 20 October:

BCP: Saint Luke, Evangelist

BCP Holy Communion

Isaiah 35.3-6
Psalm 147.1-6
2 Timothy 4.5-15
Luke 10.1-7
or
Luke 7.36-50

BCP Collect

Almighty God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-21

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 3.2-12
Psalm 98
Luke 12.39-48

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
2 Kings 18.13-end
Philippians 2.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
1 Maccabees 7.1-20 or
2 Chronicles 29.1-19
John 13.21-30

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 51.1-6
2 Corinthians 1.1-11

Collect

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy and blessed God,
you have fed us with the body and blood of your Son
and filled us with your Holy Spirit:
may we honour you,
not only with our lips
but in lives dedicated to the service
of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-22

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 3.14-end
Psalm 33.1-6
Luke 12.49-53

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
2 Kings 19.1-19
Philippians 2.14-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
1 Maccabees 7.21-end or
2 Chronicles 29.20-end
John 13.31-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 18.1-14 or Job 26
1 Corinthians 11.17-end

Collect

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy and blessed God,
you have fed us with the body and blood of your Son
and filled us with your Holy Spirit:
may we honour you,
not only with our lips
but in lives dedicated to the service
of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-23

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 4.1-6
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 12.54-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
2 Kings 19.20-36
Philippians 3.1-4.1

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
1 Maccabees 9.1-22 or
2 Chronicles 30
John 14.1-14

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 28.2-12 or Job 19.21-end
Mark 15.33-47

Collect

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy and blessed God,
you have fed us with the body and blood of your Son
and filled us with your Holy Spirit:
may we honour you,
not only with our lips
but in lives dedicated to the service
of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-24

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 4.7-16
Psalm 122
Luke 13.1-9

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
2 Kings 20
Philippians 4.2-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118
1 Maccabees 13.41-end, 14.4-15 or
2 Chronicles 32.1-22
John 14.15-end

Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Dedication Festival
Psalm 24
2 Chronicles 7.11-16
John 4.19-29

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 44.21-end
John 21.15-end

Collect

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy and blessed God,
you have fed us with the body and blood of your Son
and filled us with your Holy Spirit:
may we honour you,
not only with our lips
but in lives dedicated to the service
of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Last Sunday after Trinity

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of the Dedication Festival

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Bible Sunday

Or the Last Sunday after Trinity may be observed as Bible Sunday
Principal Service
Nehemiah 8.1-4a[5-6] 8-12
Psalm 119.9-16
Colossians 3.12-17
Matthew 24.30-35

Third Service
Psalm 119.137-152
Deuteronomy 17.14-15, 18-20
John 5.36b-47

Second Service
Psalm 119.89-104
Isaiah 55.1-11
Luke 4.14-30

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,
that trusting in your word
and obeying your will
we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

When the date of dedication is unknown, the Dedication Festival may be observed on the first Sunday of October (4 October), or on the Last Sunday after Trinity (25 October), or on a suitable date chosen locally.
Dedication Festival

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-25

Gold or White

Principal Service
1 Kings 8.22-30 or
Revelation 21.9-14
Psalm 122
Hebrews 12.18-24
Matthew 21.12-16

Third Service
Haggai 2.6-9
Hebrews 10.19-25
Morning Psalms
Psalms 48, 150

Second Service
Jeremiah 7.1-11
1 Corinthians 3.9-17
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 19.1-10
Evening Psalm
Psalm 132

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Father in heaven,
whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace,
an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem:
grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage
that, fed with the living bread of heaven,
and united in the body of your Son,
we may be the temple of your presence,
the place of your glory on earth,
and a sign of your peace in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If the Dedication Festival is not observed on Sunday 25 October:
The Last Sunday after Trinity

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-25

Green

Proper 25
Principal Service
Continuous
Deuteronomy 34.1-12
Psalm 90.1-6,13-17*
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
Matthew 22.34-46
(or)
Related
Leviticus 19.1-2,15-18
Psalm 1
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
Matthew 22.34-46

Third Service
Psalm 119.137-152
Isaiah 59.9-20
Luke 14.1-14

Second Service
Psalms 119.89-104
Ecclesiastes 11, 12
2 Timothy 2.1-7
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 12.28-34

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,
that trusting in your word
and obeying your will
we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity

BCP Holy Communion

Proverbs 9.1-6
Psalm 145.15-end
Ephesians 5.15-21
Matthew 22.1-14

BCP Collect

O Almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-26

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
2 Samuel 23.1-5
Psalm 21.1-7, 13
1 John 2.15-17
John 18.33-37

Holy Communion
DEL week 30
Ephesians 4.32-5.8
Psalm 1
Luke 13.10-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 123, 124, 125, 126
2 Kings 21.1-18
1 Timothy 1.1-17

Evening Prayer
Psalms 127, 128, 129
2 Maccabees 4.7-17 or
2 Chronicles 33.1-13
John 15.1-11

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 42.14-21
Luke 1.5-25

Collect

God, our maker and redeemer,
we pray you of your great mercy
and by the power of your holy cross
to guide us by your will and to shield us from our foes:
that, after the example of your servant Alfred,
we may inwardly love you above all things;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
who inspired Alfred to witness to your love
and to work for the coming of your kingdom:
may we, who in this sacrament share the bread of heaven,
be fired by your Spirit to proclaim the gospel in our daily living
and never to rest content until your kingdom come,
on earth as it is in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

or another Post Communion for `Any Saint’ is used.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-27

Green

Holy Communion
Ephesians 5.21-end
Psalm 128
Luke 13.18-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 133
2 Kings 22.1-23.3
1 Timothy 1.18-2.end

Evening Prayer
Psalms (134), 135
2 Maccabees 6.12-end or
2 Chronicles 34.1-18
John 15.12-17

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Simon and Jude
Psalms 124, 125, 126
Deuteronomy 32.1-4
John 14.15-26

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Samuel 4.12-end
Luke 1.57-80

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,
that trusting in your word
and obeying your will
we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Simon and Jude

Almighty God,
who built your Church upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone:
so join us together in unity of spirit by their doctrine,
that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Simon and Jude, Apostles

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-28

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 28.14-16
Psalm 119.89-96
Ephesians 2.19-22
John 15.17-27

Third Service
Wisdom 5.1-16 or
Isaiah 45.18-26
Luke 6.12-16
Morning Psalms
Psalms 116, 117

Second Service
1 Maccabees 2.42-66 or
Jeremiah 3.11-18
Jude 1-4,17-25
Evening Psalm
Psalm 119.1-16

Collect

Almighty God,
who built your Church upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone:
so join us together in unity of spirit by their doctrine,
that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles

BCP Holy Communion

Isaiah 28.9-16
Psalm 116.11-16
Jude 1-8 or
Revelation 21.9-14
John 15.17-end

BCP Collect

O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-29

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 43.1-7
Psalm 124
1 Peter 3.14-18, 22
Matthew 10.28-39

Holy Communion
Ephesians 6.10-20
Psalm 144.1-2, 9-11
Luke 13.31-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 143, 146
2 Kings 23.36-24.17
1 Timothy 4

Evening Prayer
Psalms 138, 140, 141
2 Maccabees 7.20-41 or
2 Chronicles 35.1-19
John 16.1-15

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 35
Matthew 11.2-19

Collect

Most merciful God,
who strengthened your Church by the steadfast courage
of your martyr James Hannington:
grant that we also,
thankfully remembering his victory of faith,
may overcome what is evil
and glorify your holy name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr James Hannington:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr James Hannington:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-30

Green

Holy Communion
Philippians 1.1-11
Psalm 111
Luke 14.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalms 142, 144
2 Kings 24.18-25.12
1 Timothy 5.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
Tobit 1 or
2 Chronicles 35.20-36.10
John 16.16-22

Additional Weekday Lectionary
2 Samuel 11.1-17
Matthew 14.1-12

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,
that trusting in your word
and obeying your will
we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-31

Green

Holy Communion
Philippians 1.18-26
Psalm 42.1-7
Luke 14.1, 7-11

Morning Prayer
Psalm 147
2 Kings 25.22-end
1 Timothy 5.17-end

Evening Prayer on the Eve of All Saints’
Psalms 1, 5
Ecclesiasticus 44.1-15 or
Isaiah 40.27-31
Revelation 19.6-10

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 43.15-21
Acts 19.1-10

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Additional Collect

Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,
that trusting in your word
and obeying your will
we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of All Saints’

Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

All Saints’ Day

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-01

Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
Revelation 7.9-17
Psalm 34.1-10
1 John 3.1-3
Matthew 5.1-12

Third Service
Isaiah 35
Luke 9.18-27
Morning Psalms
Psalms 15, 84, 149

Second Service
Isaiah 65.17-25
Hebrews 11.32 - 12.2
Evening Psalms
Psalms 148, 150

Collect

Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God, the source of all holiness and giver of all good things:
may we who have shared at this table
as strangers and pilgrims here on earth
be welcomed with all your saints
to the heavenly feast on the day of your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of holiness,
your glory is proclaimed in every age:
as we rejoice in the faith of your saints,
inspire us to follow their example
with boldness and joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: All Saints’ Day

BCP Holy Communion

Isaiah 66.20-23
Psalm 33.1-5
Revelation 7.2-12 or
Revelation 7.2-4, [5-8], 9-12
Matthew 5.1-12

BCP Collect

O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-02

Red or Green / purple

Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
Lamentations 3.17-26, 31-33 or
Wisdom 3.1-9
Psalm 23 or
27.1-6, 16-17
Romans 5.5-11 or
1 Peter 1.3-9
John 5.19-25 or
John 6.37-40

Holy Communion
DEL week 31
Philippians 2.1-4
Psalm 131
Luke 14.12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 2, 146 (or) 1, 2, 3
Daniel 1
Revelation 1

Evening Prayer
Psalms 92, 96, 97 (or) 4, 7
Isaiah 1.1-20
Matthew 1.18-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Esther 3.1-11, 4.7-17
Matthew 18.1-10

Collect

Eternal God, our maker and redeemer,
grant us, with all the faithful departed,
the sure benefits of your Son’s saving passion
and glorious resurrection
that, in the last day,
when you gather up all things in Christ,
we may with them enjoy the fullness of your promises;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of love,
may the death and resurrection of Christ
which we have celebrated in this eucharist
bring us, with all the faithful departed,
into the peace of your eternal home.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ,
our rock and our salvation,
to whom be glory for time and for eternity.

Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600
Martin of Porres, Friar, 1639

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-03

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 44.10-15
Psalm 119.97-100, 103, 104
2 Timothy 2.22-25
John 16.12-15

Holy Communion
Philippians 2.5-11
Psalm 22.22-27
Luke 14.15-24

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 147.1-12 (or) 5, 6, (8)
Daniel 2.1-24
Revelation 2.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 100 (or) 9, 10*
Isaiah 1.21-end
Matthew 2.1-15

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ezekiel 18.21-end
Matthew 18.12-20

Collect

God of peace, the bond of all love,
who in your Son Jesus Christ have made the human race
your inseparable dwelling place:
after the example of your servant Richard Hooker,
give grace to us your servants ever to rejoice
in the true inheritance of your adopted children
and to show forth your praises now and ever;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with N to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-04

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Philippians 2.12-18
Psalm 27.1-5
Luke 14.25-33

Morning Prayer
Psalms 9, 147.13-end (or) 119.1-32
Daniel 2.25-end
Revelation 2.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 111, 112, 116 (or) 11, 12, 13
Isaiah 2.1-11
Matthew 2.16-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 3.27-end
Matthew 18.21-end

Collect

Almighty and eternal God,
you have kindled the flame of love
in the hearts of the saints:
grant to us the same faith and power of love,
that, as we rejoice in their triumphs,
we may be sustained by their example and fellowship;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord of heaven,
in this eucharist you have brought us near
to an innumerable company of angels
and to the spirits of the saints made perfect:
as in this food of our earthly pilgrimage
we have shared their fellowship,
so may we come to share their joy in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

God of glory,
touch our lips with the fire of your Spirit,
that we with all creation
may rejoice to sing your praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.