Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-02

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Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 4.20-28
Psalm 2.1, 2, 7, 8, 10-end
Colossians 1.11-20
Matthew 10.24-27

Holy Communion
Acts 5.34-42
Psalm 27.1-5, 16-17
John 6.1-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 57, 61 (or) 17, 19
Deuteronomy 4.15-31
John 21.15-19

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 22
Exodus 18.1-12
Colossians 3.12 – 4.1

Collect

Ever-living God,
whose servant Athanasius testified
to the mystery of the Word made flesh for our salvation:
help us, with all your saints,
to contend for the truth
and to grow into the likeness 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 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 Athanasius to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-03

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Holy Communion
Acts 6.1-7
Psalm 33.1-5, 18-19
John 6.16-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 63, 84 (or) 20, 21, 23
Deuteronomy 4.32-40
John 21.20-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 66 (or) 24, 25
Exodus 18.13-end
Colossians 4.2-end

Collect

Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits 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

Lord God our Father,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
you have assured your children of eternal life
and in baptism have made us one with him:
deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in your love,
in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 3

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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 Third Sunday of Easter

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-04

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Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 9.1-6 [7-20]
Psalm 30
Revelation 5.11-14
John 21.1-19

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Zephaniah 3.14-end
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 80.1-8
Exodus 15.1-2, 9-18
John 10.1-19

Second Service
Psalm 86
Isaiah 38.9-20
John 11.[17-26] 27-44

Collect

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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

Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

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

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Holy Communion
Acts 6.8-15
Psalm 119.17-24
John 6.22-29

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97 (or) 27, 30
Deuteronomy 5.1-22
Ephesians 1.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 65 (or) 26, 28, 29
Exodus 19
Luke 1.1-25

Collect

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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

Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-06

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Holy Communion
Acts 7.51 – 8.1a
Psalm 31.1-5, 16
John 6.30-35

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 100 (or) 32, 36
Deuteronomy 5.22-end
Ephesians 1.15-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 71 (or) 33
Exodus 20.1-21
Luke 1.26-38

Collect

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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

Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-07

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Holy Communion
Acts 8.1b-8
Psalm 66.1-6
John 6.35-40

Morning Prayer
Psalm 105 (or) 34
Deuteronomy 6
Ephesians 2.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalms 67, 72 (or) 119.33-56
Exodus 24
Luke 1.39-56

Collect

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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

Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-08

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Exciting Holiness
1 Kings 19.9-13a
Psalm 27.1, 3-6
1 Corinthians 13.8-end
John 20.11-18

Holy Communion
Acts 8.26-end
Psalm 66.7-8, 14-end
John 6.44-51

Morning Prayer
Psalm 136 (or) 37*
Deuteronomy 7.1-11
Ephesians 2.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 39, 40
Exodus 25.1-22
Luke 1.57-end

Collect

Most holy God, the ground of our beseeching,
who through your servant Julian
revealed the wonders of your love:
grant that as we are created in your nature
and restored by your grace,
our wills may be so made one with yours
that we may come to see you face to face
and gaze on you for 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 Julian to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

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Holy Communion
Acts 9.1-20
Psalm 117
John 6.52-59

Morning Prayer
Psalm 107 (or) 31
Deuteronomy 7.12-end
Ephesians 3.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 77 (or) 35
Exodus 28.1-4a, 29-38
Luke 2.1-20

Collect

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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

Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-10

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Holy Communion
Acts 9.31-42
Psalm 116.10-15
John 6.60-69

Morning Prayer
Psalms 108, 110, 111 (or) 41, 42, 43
Deuteronomy 8
Ephesians 3.14-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 23, 27 (or) 45, 46
Exodus 29.1-9
Luke 2.21-40

Collect

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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

Living God,
your Son made himself known to his disciples
in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith,
that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 4

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-11

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Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 9.36-43
Psalm 23
Revelation 7.9-end
John 10.22-30

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Genesis 7.1-5, 11-18; 8.6-18; 9.8-13
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 146
1 Kings 17.17-24
Luke 7.11-23

Second Service
Psalms 113, 114
Isaiah 63.7-14
Luke 24.36-49

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Gregory Dix, Priest, Monk, Scholar, 1952

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-12

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Holy Communion
Acts 11.1-18
Psalm 42.1-2, 43.1-4
John 10.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalm 103 (or) 44
Deuteronomy 9.1-21
Ephesians 4.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 112, 113, 114 (or) 47, 49
Exodus 32.1-14
Luke 2.41-end

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-13

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Holy Communion
Acts 11.19-26
Psalm 87
John 10.22-30

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139 (or) 48, 52
Deuteronomy 9.23 – 10.5
Ephesians 4.17-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 115, 116 (or) 50
Exodus 32.15-34
Luke 3.1-14

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Matthias
Psalm 147
Isaiah 22.15-22
Philippians 3.13b – 4.1

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Matthias

Almighty God,
who in the place of the traitor Judas
chose your faithful servant Matthias
to be of the number of the Twelve:
preserve your Church from false apostles
and, by the ministry of faithful pastors and teachers,
keep us steadfast in your 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.

Matthias the Apostle

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-14

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Principal Service
Isaiah 22.15-25
Psalm 15
Acts 1.15-26
John 15.9-17

(or)
Acts 1.15-26
Psalm 15
1 Corinthians 4.1-7
John 15.9-17

Third Service
1 Samuel 2.27-35
Acts 2.37-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 16, 147.1-12

Second Service
1 Samuel 16.1-13a
Matthew 7.15-27
Evening Psalm
Psalm 80

Collect

Almighty God,
who in the place of the traitor Judas
chose your faithful servant Matthias
to be of the number of the Twelve:
preserve your Church from false apostles
and, by the ministry of faithful pastors and teachers,
keep us steadfast in your 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

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/2025-05-15

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Holy Communion
Acts 13.13-25
Psalm 89.1-2, 20-26
John 13.16-20

Morning Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 56, 57, (63*)
Deuteronomy 11.8-end
Ephesians 5.15-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 85 (or) 61, 62, 64
Exodus 34.1-10, 27-end
Luke 4.1-13

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-16

White

Holy Communion
Acts 13.26-33
Psalm 2
John 14.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 51, 54
Deuteronomy 12.1-14
Ephesians 6.1-9

Evening Prayer
Psalms 36, 40 (or) 38
Exodus 35.20 – 36.7
Luke 4.14-30

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-17

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Holy Communion
Acts 13.44-end
Psalm 98.1-5
John 14.7-14

Morning Prayer
Psalm 34 (or) 68
Deuteronomy 15.1-18
Ephesians 6.10-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 84, 86 (or) 65, 66
Exodus 40.17-end
Luke 4.31-37

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful Father,
you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd,
and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again:
keep us always under his protection,
and give us grace to follow in his steps;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 5

Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-18

White

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 11.1-18
Psalm 148*
Revelation 21.1-6
John 13.31-35

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Baruch 3.9-15, 32 – 4.4 or
Genesis 22.1-18
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 16
2 Samuel 7.4-13
Acts 2.14a, 22-32 [33-36]

Second Service
Psalm 98
Daniel 6.[1-5] 6-23
Mark 15.46 – 16.8

Collect

Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life:
grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth,
and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-19

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Exciting Holiness
Exodus 31.1-5
Psalm 21.1-7, 13
2 Corinthians 5.1-10
Matthew 24.42-46

Holy Communion
Acts 14.5-18
Psalm 118.1-3, 14-15
John 14.21-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 71
Deuteronomy 16.1-20
1 Peter 1.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105 (or) 72, 75
Numbers 9.15-end;10.33-end
Luke 4.38-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who raised up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock,
a restorer of monastic life
and a faithful counsellor to those in authority:
give to all pastors the same gifts of your Holy Spirit
that they may be true servants of Christ and of all his people;
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 Dunstan 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.

Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-20

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Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3
Psalm 123
Colossians 3.12-16
John 4.19-24

Holy Communion
Acts 14.19-end
Psalm 145.10-end
John 14.27-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 19, 147.1-12 (or) 73
Deuteronomy 17.8-end
1 Peter 1.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 96, 97 (or) 74
Numbers 11.1-33
Luke 5.1-11

Collect

God of wisdom, eternal light,
who shone in the heart of your servant Alcuin,
revealing to him your power and pity:
scatter the darkness of our ignorance
that, with all our heart and mind and strength,
we may seek your face
and be brought with all your saints
to your holy presence;
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 Alcuin
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.

Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-21

White

Holy Communion
Acts 15.1-6
Psalm 122.1-5
John 15.1-8

Morning Prayer
Psalms 30, 147.13-end (or) 77
Deuteronomy 18.9-end
1 Peter 2.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 100 (or) 119.81-104
Numbers 12
Luke 5.12-26

Collect

Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life:
grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth,
and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-22

White

Holy Communion
Acts 15.7-21
Psalm 96.1-3, 7-10
John 15.9-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 57, 148 (or) 78.1-39*
Deuteronomy 19
1 Peter 2.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104 (or) 78.40-end*
Numbers 13.1-3, 17-end
Luke 5.27-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life:
grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth,
and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-23

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Holy Communion
Acts 15.22-31
Psalm 57.8-end
John 15.12-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 138, 149 (or) 55
Deuteronomy 21.22 – 22.8
1 Peter 3.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 66 (or) 69
Numbers 14.1-25
Luke 6.1-11

Collect

Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life:
grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth,
and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-24

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Exciting Holiness
Ezekiel 2.1-5
Psalm 33.1-8
Ephesians 5.15-20
Mark 6.30-34

Holy Communion
Acts 16.1-10
Psalm 100
John 15.18-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 146, 150 (or) 76, 79
Deuteronomy 24.5-end
1 Peter 3.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 81, 84
Numbers 14.26-end
Luke 6.12-26

Collect

God of mercy,
who inspired John and Charles Wesley with zeal for your gospel:
grant to all people boldness to proclaim your word
and a heart ever to rejoice in singing 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, shepherd of your people,
whose servants John and Charles Wesley revealed the loving service of Christ
in their ministry as pastors 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.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 6

God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us
to eternal 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 Sixth Sunday of Easter

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-25

White

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 16.9-15
Psalm 67
Revelation 21.10, 22 – 22.5
John 14.23-29 or
John 5.1-9

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Ezekiel 37.1-14
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 40.1-9
Genesis 1.26-28 [29-31]
Colossians 3.1-11

Second Service
Psalms 126, 127
Zephaniah 3.14-end
Matthew 28.1-10, 16-20

Collect

God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us
to eternal 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

God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
John Calvin, Reformer, 1564
Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-26

White / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 49.22-25
Psalm 98.1-3, 4b-8
1 Thessalonians 2.2b-8
Matthew 13.31-33

Holy Communion
Acts 16.11-15
Psalm 149.1-5
John 15.26 – 16.4

Morning Prayer
Psalms 65, 67 (or) 80, 82
Deuteronomy 26
1 Peter 4.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 121, 122, 123 (or) 85, 86
Numbers 16.1-35
Luke 6.27-38

Collect

Almighty God,
whose servant Augustine was sent as the apostle
of the English people:
grant that as he laboured in the Spirit
to preach Christ’s gospel in this land,
so all who hear the good news
may strive to make your truth known in all the world;
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 Augustine 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.

Rogation Day

Deuteronomy 8.1-10 or
1 Kings 8.35-40 or
Job 28.1-11

Psalm 104.21-30 or
Psalm 107.1-9 or
Psalm 121

Philippians 4.4-7 or
2 Thessalonians 3.6-13 or
1 John 5.12-15

Matthew 6.1-15 or
Mark 11.22-24 or
Luke 11.5-13

Collect

Almighty God,
whose will it is that the earth and the sea
should bear fruit in due season:
bless the labours of those who work on land and sea,
grant us a good harvest
and the grace always to rejoice in your fatherly care;
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.

(or)

Almighty God and Father,
you have so ordered our life
that we are dependent on one another:
prosper those engaged in commerce and industry
and direct their minds and hands
that they may rightly use your gifts in the service of others;
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.

(or)

God our Father,
you never cease the work you have begun
and prosper with your blessing all human labour:
make us wise and faithful stewards of your gifts
that we may serve the common good,
maintain the fabric of our world
and seek that justice where all may share
the good things you pour upon 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 creator,
you give seed for us to sow and bread for us to eat:
as you have blessed the fruit of our labour in this eucharist,
so we ask you to give all your children their daily bread,
that the world may praise you for your goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-27

White

Holy Communion
Acts 16.22-34
Psalm 138
John 16.5-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 124, 125, 126, 127 (or) 87, 89.1-18
Deuteronomy 28.1-14
1 Peter 4.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 128, 129, 130, 131 (or) 89.19-end
Numbers 16.36-end
Luke 6.39-end

Collect

God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us
to eternal 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

God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Rogation Day

Deuteronomy 8.1-10 or
1 Kings 8.35-40 or
Job 28.1-11

Psalm 104.21-30 or
Psalm 107.1-9 or
Psalm 121

Philippians 4.4-7 or
2 Thessalonians 3.6-13 or
1 John 5.12-15

Matthew 6.1-15 or
Mark 11.22-24 or
Luke 11.5-13

Collect

Almighty God,
whose will it is that the earth and the sea
should bear fruit in due season:
bless the labours of those who work on land and sea,
grant us a good harvest
and the grace always to rejoice in your fatherly care;
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.

(or)

Almighty God and Father,
you have so ordered our life
that we are dependent on one another:
prosper those engaged in commerce and industry
and direct their minds and hands
that they may rightly use your gifts in the service of others;
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.

(or)

God our Father,
you never cease the work you have begun
and prosper with your blessing all human labour:
make us wise and faithful stewards of your gifts
that we may serve the common good,
maintain the fabric of our world
and seek that justice where all may share
the good things you pour upon 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 creator,
you give seed for us to sow and bread for us to eat:
as you have blessed the fruit of our labour in this eucharist,
so we ask you to give all your children their daily bread,
that the world may praise you for your goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-28

White

Holy Communion
Acts 17.15, 22 – 18.1
Psalm 148.1-2, 11-end
John 16.12-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 133 (or) 119.105-128
Deuteronomy 28.58-end
1 Peter 5

Evening Prayer on the Eve of Ascension Day
Psalms 15, 24
2 Samuel 23.1-5
Colossians 2.20 – 3.4

Collect

God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us
to eternal 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

God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ
to have ascended into the heavens,
so we in heart and mind may also ascend
and with him continually dwell;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Rogation Day

Deuteronomy 8.1-10 or
1 Kings 8.35-40 or
Job 28.1-11

Psalm 104.21-30 or
Psalm 107.1-9 or
Psalm 121

Philippians 4.4-7 or
2 Thessalonians 3.6-13 or
1 John 5.12-15

Matthew 6.1-15 or
Mark 11.22-24 or
Luke 11.5-13

Collect

Almighty God,
whose will it is that the earth and the sea
should bear fruit in due season:
bless the labours of those who work on land and sea,
grant us a good harvest
and the grace always to rejoice in your fatherly care;
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.

(or)

Almighty God and Father,
you have so ordered our life
that we are dependent on one another:
prosper those engaged in commerce and industry
and direct their minds and hands
that they may rightly use your gifts in the service of others;
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.

(or)

God our Father,
you never cease the work you have begun
and prosper with your blessing all human labour:
make us wise and faithful stewards of your gifts
that we may serve the common good,
maintain the fabric of our world
and seek that justice where all may share
the good things you pour upon 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 creator,
you give seed for us to sow and bread for us to eat:
as you have blessed the fruit of our labour in this eucharist,
so we ask you to give all your children their daily bread,
that the world may praise you for your goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ascension Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-29

Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 1.1-11 or
Daniel 7.9-14
Psalm 47 or
Psalm 93
Ephesians 1.15-23 or
Acts 1.1-11
Luke 24.44-53

Third Service
Isaiah 52.7-end
Hebrews 7.[11-25] 26-28
Morning Psalm
Psalms 110, 150

Second Service
Song of the Three 29-37 or
2 Kings 2.1-15
Revelation 5
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 28.16-20
Evening Psalm
Psalm 8

Collect

Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ
to have ascended into the heavens,
so we in heart and mind may also ascend
and with him continually dwell;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our Father,
you have raised our humanity in Christ
and have fed us with the bread of heaven:
mercifully grant that, nourished with such spiritual blessings,
we may set our hearts in the heavenly places;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906
Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431
Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist in Central Africa, 1933

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-30

White / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 58.6-11
Psalm 12.1-7
1 John 3.18-23
Matthew 9.10-13

Holy Communion
Acts 18.9-18
Psalm 47.1-6
John 16.20-23

Morning Prayer
Psalms 20, 81 (or) 88, (95)
Deuteronomy 29.2-15
1 John 1.1 – 2.6

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 102
Numbers 20.1-13
Luke 7.11-17

An alternative sequence of readings may be used at one of the offices between Ascension Day and Pentecost, in preparation for the Day of Pentecost:
Exodus 35.30 – 36.1
Galatians 5.13-end

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Visitation
Psalm 45
Song of Solomon 2.8-14
Luke 1.26-38

Collect

God of compassion and love,
by whose grace your servant Josephine Butler
followed in the way of your Son
in caring for those in need:
help us like her to work with strength
for the restoration of all to the dignity
and freedom of those created in your image;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour,
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 Josephine Butler 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.

Collect on the Eve of The Visitation

Mighty God,
by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary
and greeted her as the mother of the Lord:
look with favour on your lowly servants
that, with Mary, we may magnify your holy name
and rejoice to acclaim her Son our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-31

White

Principal Service
Zephaniah 3.14-18
Psalm 113
Romans 12.9-16
Luke 1.39-49 [50-56]

Third Service
1 Samuel 2.1-10
Mark 3.31-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 85, 150

Second Service
Zechariah 2.10-end
John 3.25-30
Evening Psalms
Psalms 122, 127, 128

An alternative sequence of readings may be used at one of the offices between Ascension Day and Pentecost, in preparation for the Day of Pentecost:
Numbers 11.16-17, 24-29
1 Corinthians 2

Collect

Mighty God,
by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary
and greeted her as the mother of the Lord:
look with favour on your lowly servants
that, with Mary, we may magnify your holy name
and rejoice to acclaim her Son our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Gracious God,
who gave joy to Elizabeth and Mary
as they recognized the signs of redemption
at work within them:
help us, who have shared in the joy of this eucharist,
to know the Lord deep within us
and his love shining out in our lives,
that the world may rejoice in your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 7

O God the King of glory,
you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ
with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:
we beseech you, leave us not comfortless,
but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us
and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sunday after Ascension Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-06-01

White

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 16.16-34
Psalm 97
Revelation 22.12-14, 16, 17, 20, 21
John 17.20-26

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Ezekiel 36.24-28
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 99
Deuteronomy 34
Luke 24.44-53 or
Acts 1.1-8

Second Service
Psalm 68*
Isaiah 44.1-8
Ephesians 4.7-16
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 24.44-53

Collect

O God the King of glory,
you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ
with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:
we beseech you, leave us not comfortless,
but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us
and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God, giver of love and power,
your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world
to preach the gospel of his kingdom:
confirm us in this mission,
and help us to live the good news we proclaim;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.