4 Day Church Calendar

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Holy Communion
2 Thessalonians 3.6-10, 16-18
Psalm 128
Matthew 23.27-32

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
2 Samuel 15.1-12
Acts 9.19b-31

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
Habakkuk 1.1-11
Mark 7.14-23

Collect

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

Post Communion

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

Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

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Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 1.1-9
Psalm 145.1-7
Matthew 24.42-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
2 Samuel 15.13-end
Acts 9.32-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
Habakkuk 1.12 – 2.5
Mark 7.24-30

Collect

Faithful God,
who strengthened Monica, the mother of Augustine, with wisdom,
and through her patient endurance encouraged him
to seek after you:
give us the will to persist in prayer
that those who stray from you may be brought to faith
in 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

Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name,
your servant Monica revealed your goodness
in a life of tranquillity and service:
grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table
may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge
and be filled with all your fullness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

or another Post Communion for ‘Any Saint’ is used.

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430

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Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 1.17-25
Psalm 33.6-12
Matthew 25.1-13

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
2 Samuel 16.1-14
Acts 10.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
Habakkuk 2.6-end
Mark 7.31-end

Collect

Merciful Lord,
who turned Augustine from his sins
to be a faithful bishop and teacher:
grant that we may follow him in penitence and discipline
till our restless hearts find their rest in 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 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 Augustine to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Beheading of John the Baptist

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Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Psalm 11
Hebrews 11.32 – 12.2
Matthew 14.1-12

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 1.26-end
Psalm 33.12-15, 20-end
Matthew 25.14-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
2 Samuel 17.1-23
Acts 10.17-33

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118
Habakkuk 3.2-19a
Mark 8.1-10

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant John the Baptist
to be the forerunner of your Son in birth and death:
strengthen us by your grace
that, as he suffered for the truth,
so we may boldly resist corruption and vice
and receive with him the unfading crown of 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

Merciful Lord,
whose prophet John the Baptist
proclaimed your Son as the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world:
grant that we who in this sacrament
have known your forgiveness and your life-giving love
may ever tell of your mercy and your peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 13

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

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

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Proper 17
Sunday between 28 August and 3 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 3.1-15
Psalm 105.1-6, 23-26, 45b*
Romans 12.9-end
Matthew 16.21-end

(or)
Related
Jeremiah 15.15-21
Psalm 26.1-8
Romans 12.9-end
Matthew 16.21-end

Third Service
Psalm 107.1-32
Jonah 3.1-9 or
Ecclesiasticus 11.7-28
(or 19-28)
Revelation 3.14-end

Second Service
Psalm 105.1-15
2 Kings 6.24-25; 7.3-end
Acts 18.1-16
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 7.1-8, 14, 15, 21-23

Collect

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

Post Communion

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