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Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-04

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Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 4.1-5
Psalm 37.3-8
Luke 5.33-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 142, 144
2 Samuel 23.1-7
Acts 12.18-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
Zechariah 1.18 – end of 2
Mark 9.14-29

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-05

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Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 4.6-15
Psalm 145.18-end
Luke 6.1-5

Morning Prayer
Psalm 147
2 Samuel 24
Acts 13.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150
Zechariah 3
Mark 9.30-37

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.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 14

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-06

Green

Proper 18
Sunday between 4 and 10 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 12.1-14
Psalm 149
Romans 13.8-end
Matthew 18.15-20

(or)
Related
Ezekiel 33.7-11
Psalm 119.33-40
Romans 13.8-end
Matthew 18.15-20

Third Service
Psalm 119.17-32
Jonah 3.10 – end of 4 or
Ecclesiasticus 27.30 – 28.9
Revelation 8.1-5

Second Service
Psalm 108 [115]
Ezekiel 12.21 – 13.16
Acts 19.1-20
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 7.24-37

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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

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/2026-09-07

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 23
1 Corinthians 5.1-8
Psalm 5.5-9a
Luke 6.6-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 1, 2, 3
1 Kings 1.5-31
Acts 13.13-43

Evening Prayer
Psalms 4, 7
Zechariah 4
Mark 9.38-end

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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

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.

The Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary may, for pastoral reasons, be observed on 8 September instead of 15 August.
If it is observed on 8 September then the Collect, Post Communion and Lectionary for 15 August replace those for 8 September.

The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Accession of King Charles III, 2022

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-08

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 6.1-11
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 6.12-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 6, (8)
1 Kings 1.32 – 2.4; 2.10-12
Acts 13.44 – 14.7

Evening Prayer
Psalms 9, 10*
Zechariah 6.9-end
Mark 10.1-16

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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.

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who stooped to raise fallen humanity
through the child-bearing of blessed Mary:
grant that we, who have seen your glory
revealed in our human nature
and your love made perfect in our weakness,
may daily be renewed in your image
and conformed to the pattern 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 most high,
whose handmaid bore the Word made flesh:
we thank you that in this sacrament of our redemption
you visit us with your Holy Spirit
and overshadow us by your power;
strengthen us to walk with Mary the joyful path of obedience
and so to bring forth the fruits of holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Post Communion

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.

Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-09

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 7.25-31
Psalm 45.11-end
Luke 6.20-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.1-32
1 Kings 3
Acts 14.8-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 11, 12, 13
Zechariah 7
Mark 10.17-31

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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

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/2026-09-10

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 8.1-7, 11-end
Psalm 139.1-9
Luke 6.27-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 14, 15, 16
1 Kings 4.29 – 5.12
Acts 15.1-21

Evening Prayer
Psalm 18*
Zechariah 8.1-8
Mark 10.32-34

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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

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/2026-09-11

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 9.16-19, 22-end
Psalm 84.1-6
Luke 6.39-42

Morning Prayer
Psalms 17, 19
1 Kings 6.1, 11-28
Acts 15.22-35

Evening Prayer
Psalm 22
Zechariah 8.9-end
Mark 10.35-45

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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

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/2026-09-12

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 10.14-22
Psalm 116.10-end
Luke 6.43-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 20, 21, 23
1 Kings 8.1-30
Acts 15.36 – 16.5

Evening Prayer
Psalms 24, 25
Zechariah 9.1-12
Mark 10.46-end

Collect

Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in 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

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 15

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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 Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-13

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Proper 19
Sunday between 11 and 17 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 14.19-end
Psalm 114 or
Canticle: Exodus 15.1b-11, 20, 21
Romans 14.1-12
Matthew 18.21-35

(or)
Related
Genesis 50.15-21
Psalm 103.[1-7] 8-13*
Romans 14.1-12
Matthew 18.21-35

Third Service
Psalm 119.65-88
Isaiah 44.24 – 45.8
Revelation 12.1-12

Second Service
Psalm 119.41-48 [49-64]
Ezekiel 20.1-8, 33-44
Acts 20.17-end
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 8.27-38

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Holy Cross Day
Psalm 66
Isaiah 52.13 – end of 53
Ephesians 2.11-end

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Holy Cross Day

Almighty God,
who in the passion of your blessed Son
made an instrument of painful death
to be for us the means of life and peace:
grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Holy Cross Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-14

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Principal Service
Numbers 21.4-9
Psalm 22.23-28
Philippians 2.6-11
John 3.13-17

Third Service
Genesis 3.1-15
John 12.27-36a
Morning Psalms
Psalms 2, 8, 146

Second Service
Isaiah 63.1-16
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Evening Psalms
Psalms 110, 150

Collect

Almighty God,
who in the passion of your blessed Son
made an instrument of painful death
to be for us the means of life and peace:
grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Faithful God,
whose Son bore our sins in his body on the tree
and gave us this sacrament to show forth his death until he comes:
give us grace to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
for he is our salvation, our life and our hope,
who reigns as Lord, now and for ever.

Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-15

Green / red

Holy Communion
DEL week 24
1 Corinthians 12.12-14, 27-end
Psalm 100
Luke 7.11-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 32, 36
1 Kings 8.63 – 9.9
Acts 16.25-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 33
Zechariah 11.4-end
Mark 11.12-26

Collect

Holy God, who brought Cyprian to faith in Christ,
made him a bishop in the Church
and crowned his witness with a martyr’s death:
grant that, after his example,
we may love the Church and her teachings,
find your forgiveness within her fellowship
and so come to share the heavenly banquet
you have prepared for us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Cyprian:
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.

(or)

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Cyprian:
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.

Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-16

Green / white

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 12.31b – end of 13
Psalm 33.1-12
Luke 7.31-35

Morning Prayer
Psalm 34
1 Kings 10.1-25
Acts 17.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 119.33-56
Zechariah 12.1-10
Mark 11.27-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who called your servant Ninian to preach the gospel
to the people of northern Britain:
raise up in this and every land
heralds and evangelists of your kingdom,
that your Church may make known the immeasurable riches
of your Son 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

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 Ninian and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-17

Green / white

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 15.1-11
Psalm 118.1-2, 17-20
Luke 7.36-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 37*
1 Kings 11.1-13
Acts 17.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 39, 40
Zechariah 13
Mark 12.1-12

Collect

Most glorious and holy God,
whose servant Hildegard, strong in the faith,
was caught up in the vision of your heavenly courts:
by the breath of your Spirit
open our eyes to glimpse your glory
and our lips to sing your praises with all the angels;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Hildegard
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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-18

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 15.12-20
Psalm 17.1-8
Luke 8.1-3

Morning Prayer
Psalm 31
1 Kings 11.26-end
Acts 18.1-21

Evening Prayer
Psalm 35
Zechariah 14.1-11
Mark 12.13-17

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-19

Green

Holy Communion
1 Corinthians 15.35-37, 42-49
Psalm 30.1-5
Luke 8.4-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 41, 42, 43
1 Kings 12.1-24
Acts 18.22 – 19.7

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
Zechariah 14.12-end
Mark 12.18-27

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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

Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 16

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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 Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-20

Green

Proper 20
Sunday between 18 and 24 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 16.2-15
Psalm 105.1-6, 37-45*
Philippians 1.21-end
Matthew 20.1-16

(or)
Related
Jonah 3.10 – end of 4
Psalm 145.1-8
Philippians 1.21-end
Matthew 20.1-16

Third Service
Psalm 119.153-end
Isaiah 45.9-22
Revelation 14.1-5

Second Service
Psalm 119.113-136*
Ezekiel 33.23, 30 – 34.10
Acts 26.1, 9-25
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 9.30-37

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Matthew
Psalm 34
Isaiah 33.13-17
Matthew 6.19-end

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Matthew

O Almighty God,
whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
to be an apostle and evangelist:
give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
and the possessive love of riches
that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-21

Red

Principal Service
Proverbs 3.13-18
Psalm 119.65-72
2 Corinthians 4.1-6
Matthew 9.9-13

Third Service
1 Kings 19.15-end
2 Timothy 3.14-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 49, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiastes 5.4-12
Matthew 19.16-end
Evening Psalm
Psalm 119.33-40, 89-96

Collect

O Almighty God,
whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
to be an apostle and evangelist:
give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
and the possessive love of riches
that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
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/2026-09-22

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 25
Proverbs 21.1-6, 10-13
Psalm 119.1-8
Luke 8.19-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52
1 Kings 13.11-end
Acts 19.21-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 50
Ecclesiasticus 1.11-end or
Ezekiel 1.15 – 2.2
Mark 12.35-end

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-23

Green

Holy Communion
Proverbs 30.5-9
Psalm 119.105-112
Luke 9.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.57-80
1 Kings 17
Acts 20.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 59, 60, (67)
Ecclesiasticus 2 or
Ezekiel 2.3 – 3.11
Mark 13.1-13

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:

Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-end or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your 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

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

or

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-24

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiastes 1.2-11
Psalm 90.1-6
Luke 9.7-9

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
1 Kings 18.1-20
Acts 20.17-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 62, 64
Ecclesiasticus 3.17-29 or
Ezekiel 3.12-end
Mark 13.14-23

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:

Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-end or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your 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

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

or

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-25

Green / white

Holy Communion
Ecclesiastes 3.1-11
Psalm 144.1-4
Luke 9.18-22

Morning Prayer
Psalms 51, 54
1 Kings 18.21-end
Acts 21.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 38
Ecclesiasticus 4.11-28 or
Ezekiel 8
Mark 13.24-31

Collect

Lord God,
who gave to Lancelot Andrewes many gifts of your Holy Spirit,
making him a man of prayer and a pastor of your people:
perfect in us that which is lacking in your gifts,
of faith, to increase it,
of hope, to establish it,
of love, to kindle it,
that we may live in the light of your grace and 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

God, shepherd of your people,
whose servant Lancelot Andrewes 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.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:

Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-end or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your 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

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

or

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-26

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiastes 11.9 – 12.8
Psalm 90.1-2, 12-end
Luke 9.43b-45

Morning Prayer
Psalm 68
1 Kings 19
Acts 21.17-36

Evening Prayer
Psalms 65, 66
Ecclesiasticus 4.29 – 6.1 or
Ezekiel 9
Mark 13.32-end

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 17

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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 Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-27

Green

Proper 21
Sunday between 25 September and 1 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Exodus 17.1-7
Psalm 78.1-4, 12-16*
Philippians 2.1-13
Matthew 21.23-32

(or)
Related
Ezekiel 18.1-4, 25-end
Psalm 25.1-8
Philippians 2.1-13
Matthew 21.23-32

Third Service
Psalms 125, 126, 127
Isaiah 48.12-21
Luke 11.37-end

Second Service
Psalms [120, 123] 124
Ezekiel 37.15-end
1 John 2.22-end
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 9.38-end

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-28

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 26
Job 1.6-end
Psalm 17.1-11
Luke 9.46-50

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71
1 Kings 21
Acts 21.37 – 22.21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 72, 75
Ecclesiasticus 6.14-end or
Ezekiel 10.1-19
Mark 14.1-11

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Michael and All Angels
Psalm 91
2 Kings 6.8-17
Matthew 18.1-6, 10

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Michael and All Angels

Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
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.

Michael and All Angels

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-29

White

Principal Service
Genesis 28.10-17
Psalm 103.19-end
Revelation 12.7-12
John 1.47-end

(or)
Revelation 12.7-12
Psalm 103.19-end
Hebrews 1.5-end
John 1.47-end

Third Service
Tobit 12.6-end or
Daniel 12.1-4
Acts 12.1-11
Morning Psalms
Psalms 34, 150

Second Service
Daniel 10.4-end
Revelation 5
Evening Psalms
Psalms 138, 148

Collect

Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
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.

Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-09-30

Green

Holy Communion
Job 9.1-12, 14-16
Psalm 88.1-6, 11
Luke 9.57-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77
1 Kings 22.29-45
Acts 23.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.81-104
Ecclesiasticus 10.6-8, 12-24 or
Ezekiel 12.1-16
Mark 14.26-42

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533
Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-10-01

Green

Holy Communion
Job 19.21-27a
Psalm 27.13-16
Luke 10.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 78.1-39*
2 Kings 1.2-17
Acts 24.1-23

Evening Prayer
Psalm 78.40-end*
Ecclesiasticus 11.7-28 or
Ezekiel 12.17-end
Mark 14.43-52

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-10-02

Green

Holy Communion
Job 38.1, 12-21, 40.3-5
Psalm 139.6-11
Luke 10.13-16

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
2 Kings 2.1-18
Acts 24.24 – 25.12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
Ecclesiasticus 14.20 – 15.10 or
Ezekiel 13.1-16
Mark 14.53-65

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-10-03

Green

Holy Communion
Job 42.1-3, 6, 12-end
Psalm 119.169-end
Luke 10.17-24

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
2 Kings 4.1-37
Acts 25.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
Ecclesiasticus 15.11-end or
Ezekiel 14.1-11
Mark 14.66-end

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

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
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, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through 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.

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.