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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-03

Green / white

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

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.1-8
Psalm 34.11-18
Luke 4.38-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.105-128
Proverbs 9
Mark 5.35-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 91, 93
2 Samuel 6.1-19
Acts 7.17-43

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-04

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.9-14
Psalm 98.1-5
Luke 5.1-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, 92
Proverbs 10.1-12
Mark 6.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 94
2 Samuel 7.1-17
Acts 7.44-53

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-05

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.15-20
Psalm 89.19b-28
Luke 5.33-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
Proverbs 11.1-12
Mark 6.14-29

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
2 Samuel 7.18-end
Acts 7.54 – 8.3

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Allen Gardiner, Missionary, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-06

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.21-23
Psalm 117
Luke 6.1-5

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97, 100
Proverbs 12.10-end
Mark 6.30-44

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104
2 Samuel 9
Acts 8.4-25

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 12

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

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-07

Green

Proper 18
Sunday between 4 and 10 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 18.1-11
Psalm 139.1-5,12-18*
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14.25-33

(or)
Related
Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Psalm 1
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14.25-33

Third Service
Psalms 122, 123
Jonah 3.10 – 4.11 or
Ecclesiasticus 27.30 – 28.9
Revelation 8.1-5

Second Service
Psalms [120] 121
Isaiah 43.14 – 44.5
John 5.30-47

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

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

The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Accession of King Charles III, 2022

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-08

Green / white

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

Holy Communion
DEL week 23
Colossians 1.24 – 2.3
Psalm 62.1-7
Luke 6.6-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 101
Proverbs 14.31 – 15.17
Mark 6.45-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105* (or 103)
2 Samuel 11
Acts 8.26-end

Collect

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

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Post Communion

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

Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-09

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 2.6-15
Psalm 8
Luke 6.12-19

Morning Prayer
Psalm 106* (or 103)
Proverbs 15.18-end
Mark 7.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 107*
2 Samuel 12.1-25
Acts 9.1-19a

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-10

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 3.1-11
Psalm 15
Luke 6.20-26

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
Proverbs 18.10-end
Mark 7.14-23

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
2 Samuel 15.1-12
Acts 9.19b-31

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-11

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 3.12-17
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 6.27-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
Proverbs 20.1-22
Mark 7.24-30

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
2 Samuel 15.13-end
Acts 9.32-end

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-12

Green

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 1.1-2, 12-14
Psalm 16
Luke 6.39-42

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
Proverbs 22.1-16
Mark 7.31-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
2 Samuel 16.1-14
Acts 10.1-16

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-13

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Psalm 101.1-5, 9, 10
Ephesians 3.8-12
Matthew 5.13-19

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 1.15-17
Psalm 113
Luke 6.43-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
Proverbs 24.23-end
Mark 8.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118
2 Samuel 17.1-23
Acts 10.17-33

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

Collect

God of truth and love,
who gave to your servant John Chrysostom
eloquence to declare your righteousness in the great congregation
and courage to bear reproach for the honour of your name:
mercifully grant to those who minister your word
such excellence in preaching,
that all people may share with them
in the glory that shall be revealed;
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 John Chrysostom to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Holy Cross Day

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

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 13

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

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is not observed on Sunday 14 September:

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-14

Green

Proper 19
Sunday between 11 and 17 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 4.11-12, 22-28
Psalm 14
1 Timothy 1.12-17
Luke 15.1-10

(or)
Related
Exodus 32.7-14
Psalm 51.1-11
1 Timothy 1.12-17
Luke 15.1-10

Third Service
Psalms 126, 127
Isaiah 44.24 – 45.8
Revelation 12.1-12

Second Service
Psalms 124, 125
Isaiah 60
John 6.51-69

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

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Collect on the Eve of Holy Cross Day

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

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is observed on Sunday 14 September:

Holy Cross Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-14

Red

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

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

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

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is not observed on Monday 15 September:

Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-15

Green / red

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

Holy Communion
DEL week 24
1 Timothy 2.1-8
Psalm 28
Luke 7.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 123, 124, 125, 126
Proverbs 25.1-14
Mark 8.11-21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 127, 128, 129
2 Samuel 18.1-18
Acts 10.34-end

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

(or)

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

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is observed on Monday 15 September:

Holy Cross Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-15

Red

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

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

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

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-16

Green / white

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

Holy Communion
DEL week 24
1 Timothy 3.1-13
Psalm 101
Luke 7.11-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 133
Proverbs 25.15-end
Mark 8.22-26

Evening Prayer
Psalms (134), 135
2 Samuel 18.19 – 19.8a
Acts 11.1-18

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-17

Green / white

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

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 3.14-end
Psalm 111.1-5
Luke 7.31-35

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.153-end
Proverbs 26.12-end
Mark 8.27 – 9.1

Evening Prayer
Psalm 136
2 Samuel 19.8b-23
Acts 11.19-end

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-18

Green

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 4.12-end
Psalm 111.6-end
Luke 7.36-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 143, 146
Proverbs 27.1-22
Mark 9.2-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 138, 140, 141
2 Samuel 19.24-end
Acts 12.1-17

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-19

Green

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 6.2b-12
Psalm 49.1-9
Luke 8.1-3

Morning Prayer
Psalms 142, 144
Proverbs 30.1-9, 24-31
Mark 9.14-29

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
2 Samuel 23.1-7
Acts 12.18-end

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-20

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
2 Chronicles 24.17-21
Psalm 16.2, 4-8
Acts 7.55-end
Mark 8.31-35

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 6.13-16
Psalm 100
Luke 8.4-15

Morning Prayer
Psalm 147
Proverbs 31.10-end
Mark 9.30-37

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150
2 Samuel 24
Acts 13.1-12

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

Collect

God of all tribes and peoples and tongues,
who called your servant John Coleridge Patteson
to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ
amongst the peoples of Melanesia:
grant us to hear your call to service
and to respond trustfully and joyfully
to Jesus Christ our redeemer,
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 John Coleridge Patteson:
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 John Coleridge Patteson:
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 Matthew

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

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 14

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

The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
If it is observed on Sunday 21 September:

Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-21

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-end
2 Timothy 3.14-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 49, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiastes 5.4-12
Matthew 19.16-end
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.

The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
If it is not observed on Sunday 21 September:

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-21

Green

Proper 20
Sunday between 18 and 24 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 8.18 – 9.1
Psalm 79.1-9
1 Timothy 2.1-7
Luke 16.1-13

(or)
Related
Amos 8.4-7
Psalm 113
1 Timothy 2.1-7
Luke 16.1-13

Third Service
Psalms 130, 131
Isaiah 45.9-22
Revelation 14.1-5

Second Service
Psalms [128] 129
Ezra 1
John 7.14-36

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

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Collect on the Eve of Matthew

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

The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
If it is not observed on Monday 22 September:

Holy Communion
DEL week 25
Ezra 1.1-6
Psalm 126
Luke 8.16-18

Morning Prayer
Psalms 1, 2, 3
Wisdom 1 or
1 Chronicles 10.1 – 11.9
Mark 9.38-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 4, 7
1 Kings 1.5-31
Acts 13.13-43

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
If it is observed on Monday 22 September:

Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-22

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-end
2 Timothy 3.14-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 49, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiastes 5.4-12
Matthew 19.16-end
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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-23

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 25
Ezra 6.7-8, 12, 14-20
Psalm 124
Luke 8.19-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 6, (8)
Wisdom 2 or
1 Chronicles 13
Mark 10.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 9, 10*
1 Kings 1.32 – 2.4; 2.10-12
Acts 13.44 – 14.7

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-24

Green

Holy Communion
Ezra 9.5-9
Canticle: Song of Tobit or
Psalm 103.1-6
Luke 9.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.1-32
Wisdom 3.1-9 or
1 Chronicles 15.1 – 16.3
Mark 10.17-31

Evening Prayer
Psalms 11, 12, 13
1 Kings 3
Acts 14.8-end

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-25

Green / white

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

Holy Communion
Haggai 1.1-8
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 9.7-9

Morning Prayer
Psalms 14, 15, 16
Wisdom 4.7-end or
1 Chronicles 17
Mark 10.32-34

Evening Prayer
Psalm 18*
1 Kings 4.29 – 5.12
Acts 15.1-21

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-26

Green

Holy Communion
Haggai 1.15b – 2.9
Psalm 43
Luke 9.18-22

Morning Prayer
Psalms 17, 19
Wisdom 5.1-16 or
1 Chronicles 21.1 – 22.1
Mark 10.35-45

Evening Prayer
Psalm 22
1 Kings 6.1, 11-28
Acts 15.22-35

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

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.

Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-27

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 58.6-11a
Psalm 15
1 Corinthians 1.25-end
Matthew 25.34-40

Holy Communion
Zechariah 2.1-5, 10-11
Psalm 125 or
Canticle: Jeremiah 31.10-13
Luke 9.43b-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 20, 21, 23
Wisdom 5.17 – 6.11 or
1 Chronicles 22.2-end
Mark 10.46-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 24, 25
1 Kings 8.1-30
Acts 15.36 – 16.5

Collect

Merciful God,
whose servant Vincent de Paul,
by his ministry of preaching and pastoral care,
brought your love to the sick and the poor:
give to all your people a heart of compassion
that by word and action they may serve you
in serving others in their need;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

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

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 15

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

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-28

Green

Proper 21
Sunday between 25 September and 1 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 32.1-3a, 6-15
Psalm 91.1-6,14-16*
1 Timothy 6.6-19
Luke 16.19-31

(or)
Related
Amos 6.1a, 4-7
Psalm 146
1 Timothy 6.6-19
Luke 16.19-31

Third Service
Psalm 132
Isaiah 48.12-end
Luke 11.37-end

Second Service
Psalms 134, 135*
Nehemiah 2
John 8.31-38, 48-59

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

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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-29

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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-30

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 26
Zechariah 8.20-end
Psalm 87
Luke 9.51-56

Morning Prayer
Psalms 32, 36
Wisdom 7.1-14 or
1 Chronicles 28.11-end
Mark 11.12-26

Evening Prayer
Psalm 33
1 Kings 8.63 – 9.9
Acts 16.25-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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-01

Green

Holy Communion
Nehemiah 2.1-8
Psalm 137.1-6
Luke 9.57-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 34
Wisdom 7.15 – 8.4 or
1 Chronicles 29.1-9
Mark 11.27-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 119.33-56
1 Kings 10.1-25
Acts 17.1-15

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-02

Green

Holy Communion
Nehemiah 8.1-12
Psalm 19.7-11
Luke 10.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 37*
Wisdom 8.5-18 or
1 Chronicles 29.10-20
Mark 12.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 39, 40
1 Kings 11.1-13
Acts 17.16-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.