Test Calendar

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

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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

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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

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-10-13

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

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

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.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-05

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Philippians 3.3-8a
Psalm 105.1-7
Luke 15.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 11, 15, 148 (or) 14, 15, 16
Daniel 3.1-18
Revelation 3.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 18*
Isaiah 2.12-end
Matthew 3

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Exodus 23.1-9
Matthew 19.1-15

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.

Leonard, Hermit, 6th century
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1944

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-06

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Philippians 3.17-4.1
Psalm 122
Luke 16.1-8

Morning Prayer
Psalms 16, 149 (or) 17, 19
Daniel 3.19-end
Revelation 3.14-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 137, 138, 143 (or) 22
Isaiah 3.1-15
Matthew 4.1-11

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 3.13-18
Matthew 19.16-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.

BCP: Leonard, Confessor, 6th century

Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-07

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 90.1, 2, 12-14, 17
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Matthew 28.16-end

Holy Communion
Philippians 4.10-19
Psalm 112
Luke 16.9-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 18.31-end, 150 (or) 20, 21, 23
Daniel 4.1-18
Revelation 4

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 24, 25
Isaiah 4.2-5.7
Matthew 4.12-22

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Deuteronomy 28.1-6
Matthew 20.1-16

Collect

God, the Saviour of all,
you sent your bishop Willibrord from this land
to proclaim the good news to many peoples
and confirm them in their faith:
help us also to witness to your steadfast love
by word and deed
so that your Church may increase
and grow strong in holiness;
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 Willibrord and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of 3 before Advent

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Third Sunday before Advent
Remembrance Sunday

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

Red or Green

Principal Service
Wisdom of Solomon 6.12-16
Canticle: Wisdom of Solomon 6.17-20
1 Thessalonians 4.13-18
Matthew 25.1-13
(or)
Amos 5.18-24
Psalm 70
1 Thessalonians 4.13-18
Matthew 25.1-13

Third Service
Psalm 91
Deuteronomy 17.14-20
1 Timothy 2.1-7

Second Service
Psalms [20] 82
Judges 7.2-22
John 15.9-17

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of peace,
whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom
and restored the broken to wholeness of life:
look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power
make whole both people and nations;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Additional Collect

God, our refuge and strength,
bring near the day when wars shall cease
and poverty and pain shall end,
that earth may know the peace of heaven
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity

BCP Holy Communion

Genesis 45.1-7, 15
Psalm 133
Philippians 1.3-11
Matthew 18.21-end

BCP Collect

Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440

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

Red or Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 32
Titus 1.1-9
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 17.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalms 19, 20 (or) 27, 30
Daniel 4.19-end
Revelation 5

Evening Prayer
Psalm 34 (or) 26, 28, 29
Isaiah 5.8-24
Matthew 4.23-5.12

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 40.21-end
Romans 11.25-end

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of peace,
whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom
and restored the broken to wholeness of life:
look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power
make whole both people and nations;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Additional Collect

God, our refuge and strength,
bring near the day when wars shall cease
and poverty and pain shall end,
that earth may know the peace of heaven
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461

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

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 39.6-10
Psalm 1.1-4, 6
1 Peter 5.1-11
Matthew 16.13-19

Holy Communion
Titus 2.1-8, 11-14
Psalm 37.3-5, 30-32
Luke 17.7-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 21, 24 (or) 32, 36
Daniel 5.1-12
Revelation 6

Evening Prayer
Psalms 36, 40 (or) 33
Isaiah 5.25-end
Matthew 5.13-20

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ezekiel 34.20-end
John 10.1-18

Collect

God our Father,
who made your servant Leo strong in the defence of the faith:
fill your Church with the spirit of truth
that, guided by humility and governed by love,
she may prevail against the powers of evil;
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 Leo to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397

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

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Deuteronomy 15.7, 8, 10, 11
Psalm 112.1, 2, 4, 6-8a, 9
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Matthew 25.34-40

Holy Communion
Titus 3.1-7
Psalm 23
Luke 17.11-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 23, 25 (or) 34
Daniel 5.13-end
Revelation 7.1-4, 9-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 37 (or) 119.33-56
Isaiah 6
Matthew 5.21-37

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Leviticus 26.3-13
Titus 2.1-10

Collect

God all powerful,
who called Martin from the armies of this world
to be a faithful soldier of Christ:
give us grace to follow him
in his love and compassion for the needy,
and enable your Church to claim for all people
their inheritance as children of God;
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 Martin 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.

BCP: Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-12

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Philemon 7-20
Psalm 146.4-end
Luke 17.20-25

Morning Prayer
Psalms 26, 27 (or) 37*
Daniel 6
Revelation 8

Evening Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 39, 40
Isaiah 7.1-17
Matthew 5.38-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Hosea 6.1-6
Matthew 9.9-13

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of peace,
whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom
and restored the broken to wholeness of life:
look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power
make whole both people and nations;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Additional Collect

God, our refuge and strength,
bring near the day when wars shall cease
and poverty and pain shall end,
that earth may know the peace of heaven
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-13

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Malachi 2.5-7
Psalm 57.6, 8-12
Colossians 1.3-8
Luke 8.4-8

Holy Communion
2 John 4-9
Psalm 119.1-8
Luke 17.26-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 28, 32 (or) 31
Daniel 7.1-14
Revelation 9.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 31 (or) 35
Isaiah 8.1-15
Matthew 6.1-18

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Malachi 4
John 4.5-26

Collect

Eternal God,
who raised up Charles Simeon
to preach the good news of Jesus Christ
and inspire your people in service and mission:
grant that we with all your Church may worship the Saviour,
turn in sorrow from our sins and walk in the way of holiness;
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 Charles Simeon 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.

BCP: Britius, Bishop of Tours, 444

Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-14

Red or Green

Holy Communion
3 John 5-8
Psalm 112
Luke 18.1-8

Morning Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 41, 42, 43
Daniel 7.15-end
Revelation 9.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 84, 86 (or) 45, 46
Isaiah 8.16-9.7
Matthew 6.19-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Micah 6.6-8
Colossians 3.12-17

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of peace,
whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom
and restored the broken to wholeness of life:
look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power
make whole both people and nations;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Additional Collect

God, our refuge and strength,
bring near the day when wars shall cease
and poverty and pain shall end,
that earth may know the peace of heaven
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of 2 before Advent

Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Second Sunday before Advent

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-15

Red or Green

Principal Service
Zephaniah 1.7,12-18
Psalm 90.1-8[9-11]12*
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Matthew 25.14-30

Third Service
Psalm 98
Daniel 10.19-21
Revelation 4

Second Service
Psalm 89.19-37*
1 Kings 1.15-40
(or 1-40)
Revelation 1.4-18
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 9.1-6

Collect

Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Gracious Lord,
in this holy sacrament
you give substance to our hope:
bring us at the last
to that fullness of life for which we long;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Additional Collect

Heavenly Lord,
you long for the world’s salvation:
stir us from apathy,
restrain us from excess
and revive in us new hope
that all creation will one day be healed
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity

BCP Holy Communion

Isaiah 11.1-10
Psalm 44.1-9
Philippians 3.17-end
Matthew 22.15-22

BCP Collect

O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-16

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 31.10-12, 20, 26-end
Psalm 128
1 Corinthians 12.13 - 13.3
Matthew 13.44-46

Holy Communion
DEL week 33
Revelation 1.1-4; 2.1-5
Psalm 1
Luke 18.35-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 46, 47 (or) 44
Daniel 8.1-14
Revelation 10

Evening Prayer
Psalms 70, 71 (or) 47, 49
Isaiah 9.8-10.4
Matthew 7.1-12

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Micah 7.1-7
Matthew 10.24-39

Collect

God, the ruler of all,
who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne
and gave her zeal for your Church and love for your people
that she might advance your heavenly kingdom:
mercifully grant that we who commemorate her example
may be fruitful in good works
and attain to the glorious crown of your saints;
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 Margaret 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.

Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-17

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Micah 6.6-8
Psalm 40.5-11a, 14
1 Timothy 6.11b-16
Luke 9.51-56

Holy Communion
Revelation 3.1-6, 14-end
Psalm 15
Luke 19.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52 (or) 48, 52
Daniel 8.15-end
Revelation 11.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 67, 72 (or) 50
Isaiah 10.5-19
Matthew 7.13-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Habakkuk 3.1-19a
1 Corinthians 4.9-16

Collect

O God,
who endowed your servant Hugh
with a wise and cheerful boldness
and taught him to commend to earthly rulers
the discipline of a holy life:
give us grace like him to be bold in the service of the gospel,
putting our confidence in Christ alone,
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 Hugh 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.

BCP: Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-18

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Tobit 12.6b-9
Psalm 82
James 2.14-17
Matthew 25.31-40

Holy Communion
Revelation 4
Psalm 150
Luke 19.11-28

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57 (or) 119.57-80
Daniel 9.1-19
Revelation 11.15-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 59, 60, (67)
Isaiah 10.20-32
Matthew 8.1-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Zechariah 8.1-13
Mark 13.3-8

Collect

Lord God,
who taught Elizabeth of Hungary
to recognize and reverence Christ in the poor of this world:
by her example
strengthen us to love and serve the afflicted and the needy
and so to honour your Son, the servant king,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Faithful God,
who called Elizabeth of Hungary to serve you
and gave her joy in walking the path of holiness:
by this eucharist
in which you renew within us the vision of your glory,
strengthen us all to follow the way of perfection
until we come to see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-19

Red or Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 61.10 - 62.5
Psalm 131
Ephesians 4.1-6
Luke 14.7-14

Holy Communion
Revelation 5.1-10
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 19.41-44

Morning Prayer
Psalms 61, 62 (or) 56, 57, (63*)
Daniel 9.20-end
Revelation 12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 74, 76 (or) 61, 62, 64
Isaiah 10.33-11.9
Matthew 8.14-22

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Zechariah 10.6-end
1 Peter 5.1-11

Collect

Eternal God,
who made the abbess Hilda to shine like a jewel in our land
and through her holiness and leadership
blessed your Church with new life and unity:
help us, like her, to yearn for the gospel of Christ
and to reconcile those who are divided;
through him 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 Hilda
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.

Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-20

Red or Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 20.28; 21.1-4, 7
Psalm 80.8-12, 15, 16
Revelation 12.10-12a
Matthew 10.34-39

Holy Communion
Revelation 10.8-11
Psalm 119.65-72
Luke 19.45-48

Morning Prayer
Psalms 63, 65 (or) 51, 54
Daniel 10.1-11.1
Revelation 13.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalm 77 (or) 38
Isaiah 11.10-12.end
Matthew 8.23-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Micah 4.1-5
Luke 9.28-36

Collect

Eternal God,
whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end,
both with you and with his people,
and glorified you by his death:
grant us such steadfastness of faith
that, with the noble army of martyrs,
we may come to enjoy the fullness of the resurrection 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 Edmund:
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 Edmund:
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: Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-21

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 11.4-12
Psalm 144.1-9
Luke 20.27-40

Morning Prayer
Psalms 78.1-39 (or) 68
Daniel 12
Revelation 13.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 78.40-end (or) 65, 66
Isaiah 13.1-13
Matthew 9.1-17

Evening Prayer on the Eve of Christ the King
Psalms 99, 100
Isaiah 10.33 - 11.9
1 Timothy 6.11-16

Additional Weekday Lectionary
At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of Christ the King are used. At other services, the following readings are used
Exodus 16.1-21
John 6.3-15

Collect

Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Gracious Lord,
in this holy sacrament
you give substance to our hope:
bring us at the last
to that fullness of life for which we long;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Additional Collect

Heavenly Lord,
you long for the world’s salvation:
stir us from apathy,
restrain us from excess
and revive in us new hope
that all creation will one day be healed
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Christ the King

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Christ the King
The Sunday next before Advent

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-22

Red or White

Principal Service
Ezekiel 34.11-16,20-24
Psalm 95.1-7
Ephesians 1.15-23
Matthew 25.31-46

Third Service
Isaiah 4.2 - 5.7
Luke 19.29-38
Morning Psalms
Psalms 29, 110

Second Service
2 Samuel 23.1-7 or
1 Maccabees 2.15-29
Matthew 28.16-20
Evening Psalms
Psalms 93 [97]

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Additional Collect

God the Father,
help us to hear the call of Christ the King
and to follow in his service,
whose kingdom has no end;
for he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, one glory.

BCP: The Sunday next before Advent

BCP Holy Communion

Jeremiah 23.5-8
Psalm 85.8-end
Jeremiah 23.5-8 or
Colossians 1.13-20
John 6.5-14

BCP Collect

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-23

Red or Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 15.1-4
Psalm 78.1-5a, 7
Philippians 3.17 - 4.3
Luke 14.7-11

Holy Communion
DEL week 34
Revelation 14.1-5
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 21.1-4

Morning Prayer
Psalms 92, 96 (or) 71
Isaiah 40.1-11
Revelation 14.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 80, 81 (or) 72, 75
Isaiah 14.3-20
Matthew 9.18-34

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 30.1-3, 10-17
Romans 12.9-21

Collect

Creator and Father of eternity,
whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood
to the love he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached:
give us thankful hearts as we celebrate your faithfulness,
revealed to us in the lives of your saints,
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage as we follow 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 our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Clement:
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 Clement:
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: Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-24

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 14.14-19
Psalm 96
Luke 21.5-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 97, 98, 100 (or) 73
Isaiah 40.12-26
Revelation 14.14-15.end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 99, 101 (or) 74
Isaiah 17
Matthew 9.35-10.15

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 30.18-24
John 10.22-30

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Additional Collect

God the Father,
help us to hear the call of Christ the King
and to follow in his service,
whose kingdom has no end;
for he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, one glory.

Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century
Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-25

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 15.1-4
Psalm 98
Luke 21.12-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112 (or) 77
Isaiah 40.27-41.7
Revelation 16.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 121, 122, 123, 124 (or) 119.81-104
Isaiah 19
Matthew 10.16-33

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 31.1-9
Matthew 15.21-31

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Additional Collect

God the Father,
help us to hear the call of Christ the King
and to follow in his service,
whose kingdom has no end;
for he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, one glory.

BCP: Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin, Martyr, 4th century

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-26

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 18.1-2, 21-23, 19.1-3, 9
Psalm 100
Luke 21.20-28

Morning Prayer
Psalms 125, 126, 127, 128 (or) 78.1-39*
Isaiah 41.8-20
Revelation 16.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 131, 132, 133 (or) 78.40-end*
Isaiah 21.1-12
Matthew 10.34-11.1

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 31.10-17
Matthew 16.13-end

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Additional Collect

God the Father,
help us to hear the call of Christ the King
and to follow in his service,
whose kingdom has no end;
for he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, one glory.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-27

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 20.1-4, 11-21.2
Psalm 84.1-6
Luke 21.29-33

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139 (or) 55
Isaiah 41.21-42.9
Revelation 17

Evening Prayer
Psalms 146, 147 (or) 69
Isaiah 22.1-14
Matthew 11.2-19

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 31.31-37
Hebrews 10.11-18

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Additional Collect

God the Father,
help us to hear the call of Christ the King
and to follow in his service,
whose kingdom has no end;
for he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, one glory.

http://almanac.oremus.org/2020-11-28

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 22.1-7
Psalm 95.1-7
Luke 21.34-36

Morning Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 76, 79
Isaiah 42.10-17
Revelation 18

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150 (or) 81, 84
Isaiah 24
Matthew 11.20-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 51.17 - 52.2
Ephesians 5.1-20

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Additional Collect

God the Father,
help us to hear the call of Christ the King
and to follow in his service,
whose kingdom has no end;
for he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, one glory.

Collect on the Eve of Advent 1

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.