The lectionary for the seventh Sunday of Easter: Sunday after the Ascension Day

12 May 2024 Collect O God the King of glory,who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christwith great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven;We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless;but send to us thine Holy Spirit to comfort us,and exalt us unto the same placewhither our Saviour Christ is gone before,who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,one God, world without end. Amen. … Continue reading The lectionary for the seventh Sunday of Easter: Sunday after the Ascension Day

The lectionary for the sixth Sunday of Easter: Rogation Sunday

5 May 2024 Collect O Lord,from whom all good things do come;Grant to us thy humble servants,that by thy holy inspirationwe may think those things that be good,and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same;through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The First Reading Acts 10: 44-48 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers … Continue reading The lectionary for the sixth Sunday of Easter: Rogation Sunday

The lectionary for the fifth Sunday of Easter

28 April 2024 Collect O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through … Continue reading The lectionary for the fifth Sunday of Easter

The lectionary for Easter Day, the first Sunday of Easter

31 March 2024 Collect Almighty God,who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christhast overcome death,and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life;We humbly beseech thee,that, as by thy special grace preventing usthou dost put into our minds good desires,so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect;through Jesus Christ our Lord,who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,ever one … Continue reading The lectionary for Easter Day, the first Sunday of Easter

The lectionary for the sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)

24 March 2024 Collect Almighty and everlasting God,who hatest nothing that thou hast made,and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent;Create and make in us new and contrite hearts,that we worthily lamenting our sins,and acknowledging our wretchedness,may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy,perfect remission and forgiveness;through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The First Reading Mark 11: 1-11 When they were … Continue reading The lectionary for the sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)

The lectionary for the fifth Sunday in Lent

17 March 2024 Collect We beseech thee, Almighty God,look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants,and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty,to be our defence against all our enemies;through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The First Reading Jeremiah 31: 31-34 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the … Continue reading The lectionary for the fifth Sunday in Lent

The lectionary for the first Sunday in Lent

18 February 2024 Collect O Lord, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights; Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. … Continue reading The lectionary for the first Sunday in Lent

The lectionary for the Sunday before Lent

11 February 2024 Collect O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee; Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. The First Reading: … Continue reading The lectionary for the Sunday before Lent