Luke the Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-18

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-end
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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-19

Green

Proper 24
Sunday between 16 and 22 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 31.27-34
Psalm 119.97-104
2 Timothy 3.14 – 4.5
Luke 18.1-8

(or)
Related
Genesis 32.22-31
Psalm 121
2 Timothy 3.14 – 4.5
Luke 18.1-8

Third Service
Psalm 147
Isaiah 54.1-14
Luke 13.31-35

Second Service
Psalms [146] 149
Nehemiah 8.9-18
John 16.1-11

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-20

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 29
Romans 4.20-end
Canticle: Benedictus 1-6
Luke 12.13-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82
1 Maccabees 3.1-26 or
2 Chronicles 17.1-12
Mark 15.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 85, 86
2 Kings 5
Acts 26.1-23

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-21

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 5.12, 15, 17-end
Psalm 40.7-12
Luke 12.35-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
1 Maccabees 3.27-41 or
2 Chronicles 18.1-27
Mark 15.16-32

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
2 Kings 6.1-23
Acts 26.24-end

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-22

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 6.12-18
Psalm 124
Luke 12.39-48

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.105-128
1 Maccabees 3.42-end or
2 Chronicles 18.28 – end of 19
Mark 15.33-41

Evening Prayer
Psalms 91, 93
2 Kings 9.1-16
Acts 27.1-26

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-23

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 6.19-end
Psalm 1
Luke 12.49-53

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, 92
1 Maccabees 4.1-25 or
2 Chronicles 20.1-23
Mark 15.42-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 94
2 Kings 9.17-end
Acts 27.27-end

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-24

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 7.18-end
Psalm 119.33-40
Luke 12.54-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
1 Maccabees 4.26-35 or
2 Chronicles 22.10 – end of 23
Mark 16.1-8

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
2 Kings 12.1-19
Acts 28.1-16

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.

Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.287

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-25

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 8.1-11
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 13.1-9

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97, 100
1 Maccabees 4.36-end or
2 Chronicles 24.1-22
Mark 16.9-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104
2 Kings 17.1-23
Acts 28.17-end

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

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.

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.

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.

Or the Last Sunday after Trinity may be observed as Bible Sunday.

Bible Sunday

Principal Service
Isaiah 45.22-25
Psalm 119.129-136
Romans 15.1-6
Luke 4.16-24

Third Service
Psalm 119.105-128
1 Kings 22.1-17
Romans 15.4-13 or
Luke 14.1-14

Second Service
Psalm 119.1-16
Jeremiah 36.9-32
Romans 10.5-17
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 22.34-40

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.

When the date of dedication is unknown, the Dedication Festival may be observed on the first Sunday of October (5 October), or on the Last Sunday after Trinity (26 October), or on a suitable date chosen locally.

Dedication Festival

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-26

Gold or White

Principal Service
1 Chronicles 29.6-19
Psalm 122
Ephesians 2.19-22
John 2.13-22

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

Second Service
Jeremiah 7.1-11
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 26 October:

The Last Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-26

Green

Proper 25
Sunday between 23 and 29 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Joel 2.23-32
Psalm 65*
2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18
Luke 18.9-14

(or)
Related
Ecclesiasticus 35.12-17 or
Jeremiah 14.7-10, 19-22
Psalm 84.1-7
2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18
Luke 18.9-14

Third Service
Psalm 119.105-128
Isaiah 59.9-20
Luke 14.1-14

Second Service
Psalm 119.1-16
Ecclesiastes 11, 12
2 Timothy 2.1-7
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 22.34-46

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-27

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 30
Romans 8.12-17
Psalm 68.1-6, 19
Luke 13.10-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 101
1 Maccabees 6.1-17 or
2 Chronicles 26.1-21
John 13.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105* (or 103)
2 Kings 17.24-end
Philippians 1.1-11

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

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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-28

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-end
Luke 6.12-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 116, 117

Second Service
1 Maccabees 2.42-66 or
Jeremiah 3.11-18
Jude 1-4, 17-end
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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-29

Green / red

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

Holy Communion
Romans 8.26-30
Psalm 13
Luke 13.22-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
1 Maccabees 7.1-20 or
2 Chronicles 29.1-19
John 13.21-30

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
2 Kings 18.13-end
Philippians 2.1-13

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-30

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 8.31-end
Psalm 109.20-26, 29-30
Luke 13.31-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
1 Maccabees 7.21-end or
2 Chronicles 29.20-end
John 13.31-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
2 Kings 19.1-19
Philippians 2.14-end

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.

Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-31

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 9.1-5
Psalm 147.13-end
Luke 14.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
1 Maccabees 9.1-22 or
2 Chronicles 30
John 14.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
2 Kings 19.20-36
Philippians 3.1 – 4.1

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

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.

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.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated only on Sunday 2 November:

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-01

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 11.1-2, 11-12, 25-29
Psalm 94.14-19
Luke 14.1, 7-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
1 Maccabees 13.41-end, 14.4-15 or
2 Chronicles 32.1-22
John 14.15-end

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

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.

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.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated on Saturday 1 November in addition to Sunday 2 November:

All Saints’ Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-01

Gold or White

Principal Service
Isaiah 56.3-8 or
2 Esdras 2.42-48
Psalm 33.1-5
Hebrews 12.18-24
Matthew 5.1-12

Third Service
Wisdom 5.1-16 or
Jeremiah 31.31-34
2 Corinthians 4.5-12
Morning Psalms
Psalms 111, 112, 117

Second Service
Isaiah 66.20-23
Colossians 1.9-14
Evening Psalm
Psalm 145

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.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated only on Saturday 1 November:

All Saints’ Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-01

Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
Daniel 7.1-3, 15-18
Psalm 149
Ephesians 1.11-23
Luke 6.20-31

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

Second Service
Isaiah 65.17-end
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.

Collect on the Eve of 4 before Advent

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.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated only on Saturday 1 November:

The Fourth Sunday before Advent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-02

Red or Green

Sunday between 30 October and 5 November inclusive

Principal Service
Isaiah 1.10-18
Psalm 32.1-8
2 Thessalonians 1.1-12
Luke 19.1-10

Third Service
Psalm 87
Job 26
Colossians 1.9-14

Second Service
Psalm 145*
Lamentations 3.22-33
John 11.[1-31] 32-44

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.

All Saints’ Sunday

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-02

Gold or White

Principal Feast

Sunday between 30 October and 5 November if this is kept as All Saints’ Sunday

Principal Service
Daniel 7.1-3, 15-18
Psalm 149
Ephesians 1.11-23
Luke 6.20-31

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

Second Service
Isaiah 65.17-end
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.

When 2 November is a Sunday then the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) may be observed on Monday 3 November.

Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-03

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

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-03

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
DEL week 31
Romans 11.29-end
Psalm 69.31-37
Luke 14.12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 2, 146 (or) 123, 124, 125, 126
Isaiah 1.1-20
Matthew 1.18-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 92, 96, 97 (or) 127, 128, 129
Daniel 1
Revelation 1

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 Richard Hooker to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-04

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Romans 12.5-16
Psalm 131
Luke 14.15-24

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 147.1-12 (or) 132, 133
Isaiah 1.21-end
Matthew 2.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 100 (or) (134), 135
Daniel 2.1-24
Revelation 2.1-11

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.

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

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Romans 13.8-10
Psalm 112
Luke 14.25-33

Morning Prayer
Psalms 9, 147.13-end (or) 119.153-end
Isaiah 2.1-11
Matthew 2.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 111, 112, 116 (or) 136
Daniel 2.25-end
Revelation 2.12-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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-06

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Romans 14.7-12
Psalm 27.14-end
Luke 15.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 11, 15, 148 (or) 143, 146
Isaiah 2.12-end
Matthew 3

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 138, 140, 141
Daniel 3.1-18
Revelation 3.1-13

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.

Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-07

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
Romans 15.14-21
Psalm 98
Luke 16.1-8

Morning Prayer
Psalms 16, 149 (or) 142, 144
Isaiah 3.1-15
Matthew 4.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 137, 138, 143 (or) 145
Daniel 3.19-end
Revelation 3.14-end

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.

The Saints and Martyrs of England

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-08

Red or Green / white

Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
Isaiah 61.4-9 or
Ecclesiasticus 44.1-15
Psalm 15
Revelation 19.5-10
John 17.18-23

Holy Communion
Romans 16.3-9, 16, 22-end
Psalm 145.1-7
Luke 16.9-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 18.31-end, 150 (or) 147
Isaiah 4.2 – 5.7
Matthew 4.12-22

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 148, 149, 150
Daniel 4.1-18
Revelation 4

Collect

God, whom the glorious company of the redeemed adore,
assembled from all times and places of your dominion:
we praise you for the saints of our own land
and for the many lamps their holiness has lit;
and we pray that we also may be numbered at last
with those who have done your will
and declared your righteousness;
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.

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

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

Red or Green

Sunday between 6 and 12 November inclusive

Principal Service
Job 19.23-27a
Psalm 17.1-9*
2 Thessalonians 2.1-5, 13-17
Luke 20.27-38

Third Service
Psalms 20, 90
Isaiah 2.1-5
James 3.13-18

Second Service
Psalm 40
1 Kings 3.1-15
Romans 8.31-39
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 22.15-22

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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-10

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
DEL week 32
Wisdom 1.1-7 or
Titus 1.1-9
Psalm 139.1-9 or
24.1-6
Luke 17.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalms 19, 20 (or) 1, 2, 3
Isaiah 5.8-24
Matthew 4.23 – 5.12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 34 (or) 4, 7
Daniel 4.19-end
Revelation 5

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

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

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
Wisdom 2.23 – 3.9 or
Titus 2.1-8, 11-14
Psalm 34.1-6
Psalm 37.3-5, 30-32
Luke 17.7-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 21, 24 (or) 5, 6, (8)
Isaiah 5.25-end
Matthew 5.13-20

Evening Prayer
Psalms 36, 40 (or) 9, 10*
Daniel 5.1-12
Revelation 6

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-12

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Wisdom 6.1-11 or
Titus 3.1-7
Psalm 82 or
23
Luke 17.11-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 23, 25 (or) 119.1-32
Isaiah 6
Matthew 5.21-37

Evening Prayer
Psalm 37 (or) 11, 12, 13
Daniel 5.13-end
Revelation 7.1-4, 9-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.

Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-13

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
Wisdom 7.22 – 8.1 or
Philemon 7-20
Psalm 119.89-96 or
146.4-end
Luke 17.20-25

Morning Prayer
Psalms 26, 27 (or) 14, 15, 16
Isaiah 7.1-17
Matthew 5.38-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 18*
Daniel 6
Revelation 8

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.

Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-14

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Wisdom 13.1-9 or
2 John 4-9
Psalm 19.1-4 or
119.1-8
Luke 17.26-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 28, 32 (or) 17, 19
Isaiah 8.1-15
Matthew 6.1-18

Evening Prayer
Psalm 31 (or) 22
Daniel 7.1-14
Revelation 9.1-12

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-15

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Wisdom 18.14-16, 19.6-9 or
3 John 5-8
Psalm 105.1-5, 35-42 or
112
Luke 18.1-8

Morning Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 20, 21, 23
Isaiah 8.16 – 9.7
Matthew 6.19-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 84, 86 (or) 24, 25
Daniel 7.15-end
Revelation 9.13-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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-16

Red or Green

Sunday between 13 and 19 November inclusive

Principal Service
Malachi 4.1-2a
Psalm 98
2 Thessalonians 3.6-13
Luke 21.5-19

Third Service
Psalm 132
1 Samuel 16.1-13
Matthew 13.44-52

Second Service
Psalms [93] 97
Daniel 6
Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23

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.

Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-17

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
DEL week 33
1 Maccabees 1.10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-64 or
Revelation 1.1-4, 2.1-5
Psalm 79.1-5 or
1
Luke 18.35-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 46, 47 (or) 27, 30
Isaiah 9.8 – 10.4
Matthew 7.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 70, 71 (or) 26, 28, 29
Daniel 8.1-14
Revelation 10

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.