Good Friday

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-18

Hangings removed:
red for the liturgy

Principal Holy Day

Principal Service
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
Psalm 22*
Hebrews 10.16-25 or
Hebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9
John 18.1 – 19.42

Morning
Psalm 69
Genesis 22.1-18
A part of John 18 and 19if not used at the Principal Service
or Hebrews 10.1-10

Evening
Psalms 130, 143
Lamentations 5.15-end
A part of John 18 and 19if not used at the Principal Service
John 19.38-end
or Colossians 1.18-23

Collect

Almighty Father,
look with mercy on this your family
for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed
and given up into the hands of sinners
and to suffer death upon the cross;
who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-19

Hangings removed

Easter Eve

These readings are for use at services other than the Easter Vigil.

Principal Service
Job 14.1-14 or
Lamentations 3.1-9, 19-24
Psalm 31.1-4,15,16*
1 Peter 4.1-8
Matthew 27.57-end or
John 19.38-end

Morning
Psalm 142
Hosea 6.1-6
John 2.18-22

Evening
Psalm 116
Job 19.21-27
1 John 5.5-12

Collect

Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits,
who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Easter Vigil

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-19

Gold or White

A minimum of three Old Testament readings should be chosen. The reading from Exodus 14 should always be used.
Genesis 1.1 – 2.4a
Psalm 136.1-9,23-26

Genesis 7.1-5, 11-18; 8.6-18; 9.8-13
Psalm 46

Genesis 22.1-18
Psalm 16

Exodus 14.10-end; 15.20, 21
Canticle: Exodus 15.1b-13, 17, 18

Isaiah 55.1-11
Canticle: Isaiah 12.2-6

Baruch 3.9-15, 32 – 4.4 or
Proverbs 8.1-8, 19-21; 9.4b-6
Psalm 19

Ezekiel 36.24-28
Psalms 42, 43

Ezekiel 37.1-14
Psalm 143

Zephaniah 3.14-end
Psalm 98

Romans 6.3-11
Psalm 114
Luke 24.1-12

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Easter Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-20

Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 10.34-43 or
Isaiah 65.17-end
Psalm 118.1-2,14-24*
1 Corinthians 15.19-26 or
Acts 10.34-43
John 20.1-18 or
Luke 24.1-12

Third Service
Ezekiel 47.1-12
John 2.13-22
Morning Psalms
Psalms 114, 117

Second Service
Isaiah 43.1-21
1 Corinthians 15.1-11 or
John 20.19-23
Evening Psalms
Psalm 105 or
66.1-11

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-21

White

Holy Communion
Acts 2.14, 22-32
Psalm 16.1-2, 6-end
Matthew 28.8-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 111, 117, 146
Song of Solomon 1.9 – 2.7
Mark 16.1-8

Evening Prayer
Psalm 135
Exodus 12.1-14
1 Corinthians 15.1-11

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-22

White

Holy Communion
Acts 2.36-41
Psalm 33.4-5, 18-end
John 20.11-18

Morning Prayer
Psalms 112, 147.1-12
Song of Solomon 2.8-end
Luke 24.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 136
Exodus 12.14-36
1 Corinthians 15.12-19

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-23

White

Holy Communion
Acts 3.1-10
Psalm 105.1-9
Luke 24.13-35

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 147.13-end
Song of Solomon 3
Matthew 28.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105
Exodus 12.37-end
1 Corinthians 15.20-28

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-24

White

Holy Communion
Acts 3.11-26
Psalm 8
Luke 24.35-48

Morning Prayer
Psalms 114, 148
Song of Solomon 5.2 – 6.3
Luke 7.11-17

Evening Prayer
Psalm 106
Exodus 13.1-16
1 Corinthians 15.29-34

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-25

White

Holy Communion
Acts 4.1-12
Psalm 118.1-4, 22-26
John 21.1-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 115, 149
Song of Solomon 7.10 – 8.4
Luke 8.41-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 107
Exodus 13.17 – 14.14
1 Corinthians 15.35-50

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-26

White

Holy Communion
Acts 4.13-21
Psalm 118.1-4, 14-21
Mark 16.9-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 116, 150
Song of Solomon 8.5-7
John 11.17-44

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
Exodus 14.15-end
1 Corinthians 15.51-end

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 2

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.

The Second Sunday of Easter

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-27

White

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 5.27-32
Psalm 118.14-29 or
Psalm 150
Revelation 1.4-8
John 20.19-31

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Exodus 14.10-end; 15.20, 21
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 136.1-16
Exodus 12.1-13
1 Peter 1.3-12

Second Service
Psalm 16
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12 or
53.1-6, 9-12
Luke 24.13-35

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of George
Psalms 111, 116
Jeremiah 15.15-21
Hebrews 11.32 – 12.2

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 George

God of hosts,
who so kindled the flame of love
in the heart of your servant George
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
by his life and by his death:
give us the same faith and power of love
that we who rejoice in his triumphs
may come to share with him the fullness of the resurrection;
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.

George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-28

Red

Principal Service
1 Maccabees 2.59-64 or
Revelation 12.7-12
Psalm 126
2 Timothy 2.3-13
John 15.18-21

Third Service
Joshua 1.1-9
Ephesians 6.10-20
Morning Psalms
Psalms 5, 146

Second Service
Isaiah 43.1-7
John 15.1-8
Evening Psalms
Psalms 3, 11

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Mark the Evangelist
Psalm 19
Isaiah 52.7-10
Mark 1.1-15

Collect

God of hosts,
who so kindled the flame of love
in the heart of your servant George
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
by his life and by his death:
give us the same faith and power of love
that we who rejoice in his triumphs
may come to share with him the fullness of the resurrection;
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 George:
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 George:
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 Mark the Evangelist

Almighty God,
who enlightened your holy Church
through the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:
grant that we, being firmly grounded
in the truth of the gospel,
may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;
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.

Mark the Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-29

Red

Principal Service
Proverbs 15.28-end or
Acts 15.35-41
Psalm 119.9-16
Ephesians 4.7-16
Mark 13.5-13

Third Service
Isaiah 62.6-10 or
Ecclesiasticus 51.13-end
Acts 12.25 – 13.13
Morning Psalms
Psalms 37.23-41, 148.1-end

Second Service
Ezekiel 1.4-14
2 Timothy 4.1-11
Evening Psalm
Psalm 45

Collect

Almighty God,
who enlightened your holy Church
through the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:
grant that we, being firmly grounded
in the truth of the gospel,
may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;
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.

Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-30

White

Holy Communion
Acts 5.17-26
Psalm 34.1-8
John 3.16-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 16, 30 (or) 119.1-32
Deuteronomy 3.18-end
John 20.19-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 11, 12, 13
Exodus 16.11-end
Colossians 2.1-15

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Philip and James
Psalm 25
Isaiah 40.27-31
John 12.20-26

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 Philip and James

Almighty Father,
whom truly to know is eternal life:
teach us to know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth, and the life;
that we may follow the steps
of your holy apostles Philip and James,
and walk steadfastly in the way that leads to your 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.

Philip and James, Apostles

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-01

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 30.15-21
Psalm 119.1-8
Ephesians 1.3-10
John 14.1-14

Third Service
Proverbs 4.10-18
James 1.1-12
Morning Psalms
Psalms 139, 146

Second Service
Job 23.1-12
John 1.43-end
Evening Psalm
Psalm 149

Collect

Almighty Father,
whom truly to know is eternal life:
teach us to know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth, and the life;
that we may follow the steps
of your holy apostles Philip and James,
and walk steadfastly in the way that leads to your 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

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.

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

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

White / white

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

White

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

White

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

White

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

White

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

White

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

White / white

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.