“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39
Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene is the town centre Parish Church in Barnstaple, where a warm and friendly welcome is extended to all. We aim to be an inclusive church for everyone in the area, irrespective of age, gender, marital status, sexuality, nationality, disability, or background. We believe that every person is a child of God, valued and loved, and that we all have gifts and talents to contribute and share.
Service Times and Events
Our main Parish Mass is at 10:30am on Sundays. The service is ‘modern catholic’ in style: traditional, accessible, and friendly. We aim for an atmosphere of relaxed formality; no one stands on ceremony. So there’s no need to dress up specially (unless you’d like to) – feel free to come as you are. 😊 Tea and coffee are served afterwards.
The weekly coffee morning, Tuesdays from 10am, is another good time to visit. Tourists and anyone new to the area are most welcome.
If you’d like to join us as a new worshipper, or if you need any further help or information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, for instance by emailing us via the contact form on this website.
- November 9, 2024
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CW Margery Kempe, c.1440
November 9, 2024
Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-09
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Philippians 4.10-19
Psalm 112
Luke 16.9-15Morning Prayer
Psalms 18.31-end, 150 (or) 68
Daniel 4.1-18
Revelation 4Evening Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 65, 66
Isaiah 4.2 – 5.7
Matthew 4.12-22
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- November 10, 2024
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CW* 3 before Advent; Remembrance Sunday
November 10, 2024
The Third Sunday before Advent
Remembrance Sundayhttps://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-10
Red or Green
Sunday between 6 and 12 November inclusive
Principal Service
Jonah 3.1-5, 10
Psalm 62.5-12
Hebrews 9.24-28
Mark 1.14-20Third Service
Psalm 136
Micah 4.1-5
Philippians 4.6-9Second Service
Psalms 46 [82]
Isaiah 10.33 – 11.9
John 14.1-29
(or 23-29)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. -
Said Mass
November 10, 2024 9:30 am – 10:30 am
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK -
Service of Remembrance
November 10, 2024 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK
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- November 11, 2024
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CW Martin of Tours, c.397
November 11, 2024
Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-11
Red or Green / white
Holy Communion
DEL week 32
Titus 1.1-9
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 17.1-6Morning Prayer
Psalms 19, 20 (or) 71
Daniel 4.19-end
Revelation 5Evening Prayer
Psalm 34 (or) 72, 75
Isaiah 5.8-24
Matthew 4.23 – 5.12Collect
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.
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- November 12, 2024
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November 12, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-12
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Titus 2.1-8, 11-14
Psalm 37.3-5, 30-32
Luke 17.7-10Morning Prayer
Psalms 21, 24 (or) 73
Daniel 5.1-12
Revelation 6Evening Prayer
Psalms 36, 40 (or) 74
Isaiah 5.25-end
Matthew 5.13-20 -
Coffee Morning
November 12, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UKEveryone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.
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- November 13, 2024
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CW Charles Simeon, 1836
November 13, 2024
Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-13
Red or Green / white
Holy Communion
Titus 3.1-7
Psalm 23
Luke 17.11-19Morning Prayer
Psalms 23, 25 (or) 77
Daniel 5.13-end
Revelation 7.1-4, 9-endEvening Prayer
Psalm 37 (or) 119.81-104
Isaiah 6
Matthew 5.21-37Collect
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. -
Barnstaple in Bloom Presentation and Information Evening, with buffet supper
November 13, 2024 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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- November 14, 2024
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CW Samuel Seabury, 1796
November 14, 2024
Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-14
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Philemon 7-20
Psalm 146.4-end
Luke 17.20-25Morning Prayer
Psalms 26, 27 (or) 78.1-39*
Daniel 6
Revelation 8Evening Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 78.40-end*
Isaiah 7.1-17
Matthew 5.38-end
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- November 15, 2024
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November 15, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-15
Red or Green
Holy Communion
2 John 4-9
Psalm 119.1-8
Luke 17.26-endMorning Prayer
Psalms 28, 32 (or) 55
Daniel 7.1-14
Revelation 9.1-12Evening Prayer
Psalm 31 (or) 69
Isaiah 8.1-15
Matthew 6.1-18
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- November 16, 2024
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CW Margaret of Scotland, 1093; Edmund Rich, 1240
November 16, 2024
Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-16
Red or Green / white
Holy Communion
3 John 5-8
Psalm 112
Luke 18.1-8Morning Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 76, 79
Daniel 7.15-end
Revelation 9.13-endEvening Prayer
Psalms 84, 86 (or) 81, 84
Isaiah 8.16 – 9.7
Matthew 6.19-endCollect
God, the ruler of all,
who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne
and gave her zeal for your Church and love for your people
that she might advance your heavenly kingdom:
mercifully grant that we who commemorate her example
may be fruitful in good works
and attain to the glorious crown of your saints;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
God our redeemer,
who inspired Margaret to witness to your love
and to work for the coming of your kingdom:
may we, who in this sacrament share the bread of heaven,
be fired by your Spirit to proclaim the gospel in our daily living
and never to rest content until your kingdom come,
on earth as it is in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.or another Post Communion for ‘Any Saint’ is used.
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Bells on Saturday
November 16, 2024 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UKEveryone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel. The Church bells will be rung by local ringers from 11am.
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- November 17, 2024
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CW* 2 before Advent
November 17, 2024
The Second Sunday before Advent
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-17
Red or Green
Sunday between 13 and 19 November inclusive
Principal Service
Daniel 12.1-3
Psalm 16
Hebrews 10.11-14 [15-18] 19-25
Mark 13.1-8Third Service
Psalm 96
1 Samuel 9.27 – 10.2a; 10.17-26
Matthew 13.31-35Second Service
Psalm 95
Daniel 3
(or 3.13-end)
Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43Collect
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. -
Parish Mass
November 17, 2024 10:30 am – 11:40 am
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK
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- November 18, 2024
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CW Elizabeth of Hungary, 1231
November 18, 2024
Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-18
Red or Green / white
Holy Communion
DEL week 33
Revelation 1.1-4; 2.1-5
Psalm 1
Luke 18.35-endMorning Prayer
Psalms 46, 47 (or) 80, 82
Daniel 8.1-14
Revelation 10Evening Prayer
Psalms 70, 71 (or) 85, 86
Isaiah 9.8 – 10.4
Matthew 7.1-12Collect
Lord God,
who taught Elizabeth of Hungary
to recognize and reverence Christ in the poor of this world:
by her example
strengthen us to love and serve the afflicted and the needy
and so to honour your Son, the servant king,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
Faithful God,
who called Elizabeth of Hungary to serve you
and gave her joy in walking the path of holiness:
by this eucharist
in which you renew within us the vision of your glory,
strengthen us all to follow the way of perfection
until we come to see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.or another Post Communion for ‘Any Saint’ is used.
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- November 19, 2024
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November 19, 2024
Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-19
Red or Green / white
Holy Communion
Revelation 3.1-6, 14-end
Psalm 15
Luke 19.1-10Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52 (or) 87, 89.1-18
Daniel 8.15-end
Revelation 11.1-14Evening Prayer
Psalms 67, 72 (or) 89.19-end
Isaiah 10.5-19
Matthew 7.13-endCollect
Eternal God,
who made the abbess Hilda to shine like a jewel in our land
and through her holiness and leadership
blessed your Church with new life and unity:
help us, like her, to yearn for the gospel of Christ
and to reconcile those who are divided;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Hilda
that she served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. -
Coffee Morning
November 19, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UKEveryone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.
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- November 20, 2024
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CW Edmund of East Anglia, 870; Priscilla Lydia Sellon, 1876
November 20, 2024
Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-20
Red or Green / red
Holy Communion
Revelation 4
Psalm 150
Luke 19.11-28Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57 (or) 119.105-128
Daniel 9.1-19
Revelation 11.15-endEvening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 91, 93
Isaiah 10.20-32
Matthew 8.1-13Collect
Eternal God,
whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end,
both with you and with his people,
and glorified you by his death:
grant us such steadfastness of faith
that, with the noble army of martyrs,
we may come to enjoy the fullness of the resurrection life;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Edmund:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.(or)
Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Edmund:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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- November 21, 2024
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November 21, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-21
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Revelation 5.1-10
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 19.41-44Morning Prayer
Psalms 61, 62 (or) 90, 92
Daniel 9.20-end
Revelation 12Evening Prayer
Psalms 74, 76 (or) 94
Isaiah 10.33 – 11.9
Matthew 8.14-22
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- November 22, 2024
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November 22, 2024
Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-22
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Revelation 10.8-11
Psalm 119.65-72
Luke 19.45-48Morning Prayer
Psalms 63, 65 (or) 88, (95)
Daniel 10.1 – 11.1
Revelation 13.1-10Evening Prayer
Psalm 77 (or) 102
Isaiah 11.10 – end of 12
Matthew 8.23-end
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- November 23, 2024
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CW Clement, c.100
November 23, 2024
Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-23
Red or Green / red
Holy Communion
Revelation 11.4-12
Psalm 144.1-9
Luke 20.27-40Morning Prayer
Psalms 78.1-39 (or) 96, 97, 100
Daniel 12
Revelation 13.11-endEvening Prayer
Psalms 78.40-end (or) 104
Isaiah 13.1-13
Matthew 9.1-17Evening Prayer on the Eve of Christ the King (if required)
Psalms 99, 100
Isaiah 10.33 – 11.9
1 Timothy 6.11-16Collect
Creator and Father of eternity,
whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood
to the love he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached:
give us thankful hearts as we celebrate your faithfulness,
revealed to us in the lives of your saints,
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage as we follow your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Clement:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.(or)
Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Clement:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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- November 24, 2024
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November 24, 2024
Christ the King
The Sunday next before Adventhttps://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-24
Red or White
Sunday between 20 and 26 November inclusive
Principal Service
Daniel 7.9-10, 13, 14
Psalm 93
Revelation 1.4b-8
John 18.33-37Third Service
Isaiah 32.1-8
Revelation 3.7-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 29, 110Second Service
Daniel 5
John 6.1-15
Evening Psalm
Psalm 72*Collect
Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.
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Parish Mass
November 24, 2024 10:30 am – 11:40 am
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK
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- November 25, 2024
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November 25, 2024
Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century
Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-25
Red or Green
Holy Communion
DEL week 34
Revelation 14.1-5
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 21.1-4Morning Prayer
Psalms 92, 96 (or) 98, 99, 101
Isaiah 40.1-11
Revelation 14.1-13Evening Prayer
Psalms 80, 81 (or) 105* (or 103)
Isaiah 14.3-20
Matthew 9.18-34
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- November 26, 2024
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November 26, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-26
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Revelation 14.14-19
Psalm 96
Luke 21.5-11Morning Prayer
Psalms 97, 98, 100 (or) 106* (or 103)
Isaiah 40.12-26
Revelation 14.14 – end of 15Evening Prayer
Psalms 99, 101 (or) 107*
Isaiah 17
Matthew 9.35 – 10.15 -
Coffee Morning
November 26, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UKEveryone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.
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- November 27, 2024
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November 27, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-27
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Revelation 15.1-4
Psalm 98
Luke 21.12-19Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112 (or) 110, 111, 112
Isaiah 40.27 – 41.7
Revelation 16.1-11Evening Prayer
Psalms 121, 122, 123, 124 (or) 119.129-152
Isaiah 19
Matthew 10.16-33
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- November 28, 2024
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November 28, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-28
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Revelation 18.1-2, 21-23, 19.1-3, 9
Psalm 100
Luke 21.20-28Morning Prayer
Psalms 125, 126, 127, 128 (or) 113, 115
Isaiah 41.8-20
Revelation 16.12-endEvening Prayer
Psalms 131, 132, 133 (or) 114, 116, 117
Isaiah 21.1-12
Matthew 10.34 – 11.1
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- November 29, 2024
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November 29, 2024
Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-29
Red or Green
Holy Communion
Revelation 20.1-4, 11 – 21.2
Psalm 84.1-6
Luke 21.29-33Morning Prayer
Psalm 139 (or) 139
Isaiah 41.21 – 42.9
Revelation 17Evening Prayer
Psalms 146, 147 (or) 130, 131, 137
Isaiah 22.1-14
Matthew 11.2-19(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Andrew
Psalm 48
Isaiah 49.1-9a
1 Corinthians 4.9-16
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- November 30, 2024
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November 30, 2024
Common Worship Almanac and Lectionary
for the year beginning Advent Sunday 2024Download the 2024-25 Almanac from
https://almanac.oremus.org/Sign up to be notified when it is available.
Simon Kershaw October 2021
version 2025-0.0
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CW* Andrew
November 30, 2024
Andrew the Apostle
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-11-30
Red
Principal Service
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 19.1-6
Romans 10.12-18
Matthew 4.18-22Third Service
Ezekiel 47.1-12 or
Ecclesiasticus 14.20-27
John 12.20-32
Morning Psalms
Psalms 47, 147.1-12Second Service
Zechariah 8.20-23
John 1.35-42
Evening Psalms
Psalms 87, 96Collect
Almighty God,
who gave such grace to your apostle Saint Andrew
that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ
and brought his brother with him:
call us by your holy word,
and give us grace to follow you without delay
and to tell the good news of your kingdom;
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.
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- December 1, 2024
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December 1, 2024
The First Sunday of Advent
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-01
Purple
Principal Service
Jeremiah 33.14-16
Psalm 25.1-9
1 Thessalonians 3.9-13
Luke 21.25-36Third Service
Psalm 44
Isaiah 51.4-11
Romans 13.11-14Second Service
Psalm 9*
Joel 3.9-21
Revelation 14.13 – 15.4
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 3.1-17Collect
Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
O Lord our God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. -
CW* Almanac and Lectionary 2024-25
December 1, 2024
Common Worship Almanac and Lectionary
for the year beginning Advent Sunday 2024Compiled by Simon Kershaw October 2024
from the Common Worship Calendar and Lectionaries
using Almanac Makercompilation © Simon Kershaw 2024
Almanac Maker © Simon Kershaw 2010-2024The Revised Common Lectionary is copyright © the Consultation on Common Texts 1992.
The Daily Eucharistic Lectionary is adapted from the Ordo Lectionum Missae of the Roman Catholic Church, reproduced by permission of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy.
Adaptations and additions to the RCL and the DEL, together with Second and Third Service lectionaries and the Weekday Lectionary for Morning and Evening Prayer are copyright © the Archbishops’ Council 1997-2010.
The Additional Weekday Lectionary is copyright © the Archbishops’ Council 2010.
A Lectionary and Additional Collects for Holy Communion [BCP] originates in the 1928 BCP and the BCP according to the use of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (1960) and was authorized in the Church of England in 1965.
version 2025-1.0
1 October 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/lectionary -
Parish Mass
December 1, 2024 10:30 am – 11:40 am
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK
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- December 2, 2024
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December 2, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-02
Purple
Holy Communion
Isaiah 2.1-5
Psalm 122
Matthew 8.5-11Morning Prayer
Psalms 50, 54 (or) 1, 2, 3
Isaiah 42.18-end
Revelation 19Evening Prayer
Psalms 70, 71 (or) 4, 7
Isaiah 25.1-9
Matthew 12.1-21Collect
Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
O Lord our God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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- December 3, 2024
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CW Francis Xavier, 1552
December 3, 2024
Francis Xavier, Missionary, Apostle of the Indies, 1552
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-03
Purple
Holy Communion
Isaiah 11.1-10
Psalm 72.1-4, 18-19
Luke 10.21-24Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82 (or) 5, 6, (8)
Isaiah 43.1-13
Revelation 20Evening Prayer
Psalms 74, 75 (or) 9, 10*
Isaiah 26.1-13
Matthew 12.22-37Collect
Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
O Lord our God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. -
Coffee Morning
December 3, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UKEveryone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.
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- December 4, 2024
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CW John of Damascus, c.749; Nicholas Ferrar, 1637
December 4, 2024
John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749
Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-04
Purple
Holy Communion
Isaiah 25.6-10a
Psalm 23
Matthew 15.29-37Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 7 (or) 119.1-32
Isaiah 43.14-end
Revelation 21.1-8Evening Prayer
Psalms 76, 77 (or) 11, 12, 13
Isaiah 28.1-13
Matthew 12.38-endCollect
Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
O Lord our God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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- December 5, 2024
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CW
December 5, 2024
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-05
Purple
Holy Communion
Isaiah 26.1-6
Psalm 118.18-27a
Matthew 7.21, 24-27Morning Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 14, 15, 16
Isaiah 44.1-8
Revelation 21.9-21Evening Prayer
Psalms 40, 46 (or) 18*
Isaiah 28.14-end
Matthew 13.1-23Collect
Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.Post Communion
O Lord our God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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- December 6, 2024
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CW Nicholas, c.326
December 6, 2024
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-06
Purple / white
Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 61.1-3
Psalm 68.1, 2a, 3-7, 10
1 Timothy 6.6-11
Mark 10.13-16Holy Communion
Isaiah 29.17-end
Psalm 27.1-4, 16-17
Matthew 9.27-31Morning Prayer
Psalms 25, 26 (or) 17, 19
Isaiah 44.9-23
Revelation 21.22 – 22.5Evening Prayer
Psalms 16, 17 (or) 22
Isaiah 29.1-14
Matthew 13.24-43Collect
Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who chose your servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of your grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
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 Nicholas 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.
- December 7, 2024
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CW Ambrose, 397
December 7, 2024
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-07
Purple / white
Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 41.9b-13
Psalm 20.1-6
2 Corinthians 5.16-21
Luke 22.24-30Holy Communion
Isaiah 30.19-21, 23-26
Psalm 146.4-9
Matthew 9.35 – 10.1, 6-8Morning Prayer
Psalms 9, (10) (or) 20, 21, 23
Isaiah 44.24 – 45.13
Revelation 22.6-endEvening Prayer
Psalms 27, 28 (or) 24, 25
Isaiah 29.15-end
Matthew 13.44-endCollect
God of hosts,
who called Ambrose from the governor’s throne
to be a bishop in your Church
and an intrepid champion of your faithful people:
mercifully grant that, as he did not fear to rebuke rulers,
so we, with like courage,
may contend for the faith we have received;
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 Ambrose to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.Collect on the Eve of Advent 2
O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever.
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- December 8, 2024
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CW* Advent 2
December 8, 2024
The Second Sunday of Advent
https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-08
Purple
Principal Service
Baruch 5.1-9 or
Malachi 3.1-4
Canticle: Benedictus
Philippians 1.3-11
Luke 3.1-6Third Service
Psalm 80
Isaiah 64.1-7
Matthew 11.2-11Second Service
Psalms 75 [76]
Isaiah 40.1-11
Luke 1.1-25Collect
O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever.Post Communion
Father in heaven,
who sent your Son to redeem the world
and will send him again to be our judge:
give us grace so to imitate him
in the humility and purity of his first coming
that, when he comes again,
we may be ready to greet him
with joyful love and firm faith;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. -
Parish Mass
December 8, 2024 10:30 am – 11:40 am
St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK -
Gorwell Carols at Barnstaple Social Club, St George's Road
December 8, 2024 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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