https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-21

Green

Holy Communion
Judges 11.29-end
Psalm 40.4-11
Matthew 22.1-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
Ezekiel 43.1-12
Mark 1.29-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 62, 64
1 Samuel 21.1 – 22.5
Acts 2.22-36

Collect

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
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

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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-22

Green

Holy Communion
Ruth 1.1, 3-6, 14-16, 22
Psalm 146
Matthew 22.34-40

Morning Prayer
Psalms 51, 54
Ezekiel 44.4-16
Mark 2.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 38
1 Samuel 22.6-end
Acts 2.37-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
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

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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-23

Green

Holy Communion
Ruth 2.1-3, 8-11, 4.13-17
Psalm 128
Matthew 23.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 68
Ezekiel 47.1-12
Mark 2.13-22

Evening Prayer
Psalms 65, 66
1 Samuel 23
Acts 3.1-10

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Bartholomew
Psalm 97
Isaiah 61.1-9
2 Corinthians 6.1-10

Collect

Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
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

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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 10

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please 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.

Collect on the Eve of Bartholomew

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
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 Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
If it is not observed on Sunday 24 August:

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-24

Green

Proper 16
Sunday between 21 and 27 August inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Psalm 71.1-6
Hebrews 12.18-29
Luke 13.10-17

(or)
Related
Isaiah 58.9b-14
Psalm 103.1-8
Hebrews 12.18-29
Luke 13.10-17

Third Service
Psalm 119.73-88
Jonah 2 or
Ecclesiasticus 3.17-29
Revelation 1

Second Service
Psalm 119.49-72*
Isaiah 30.8-21
2 Corinthians 9
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 21.28-32

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Bartholomew
Psalm 97
Isaiah 61.1-9
2 Corinthians 6.1-10

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please 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 our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Bartholomew

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
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 Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
If it is observed on Sunday 24 August:

Bartholomew the Apostle

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-24

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 43.8-13
Psalm 145.1-7
Acts 5.12-16
Luke 22.24-30

(or)
Acts 5.12-16
Psalm 145.1-7
1 Corinthians 4.9-15
Luke 22.24-30

Third Service
Genesis 28.10-17
John 1.43-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 86, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10 or
Deuteronomy 18.15-19
Matthew 10.1-22
Evening Psalms
Psalms 91, 116

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
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.

The Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
If it is not observed on Monday 25 August:

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-25

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 21
1 Thessalonians 1.1-5, 8-end
Psalm 149.1-5
Matthew 23.13-22

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71
Proverbs 1.1-19
Mark 2.23 – 3.6

Evening Prayer
Psalms 72, 75
1 Samuel 24
Acts 3.11-end

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please 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 our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
If it is observed on Monday 25 August:

Bartholomew the Apostle

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-25

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 43.8-13
Psalm 145.1-7
Acts 5.12-16
Luke 22.24-30

(or)
Acts 5.12-16
Psalm 145.1-7
1 Corinthians 4.9-15
Luke 22.24-30

Third Service
Genesis 28.10-17
John 1.43-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 86, 117

Second Service
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10 or
Deuteronomy 18.15-19
Matthew 10.1-22
Evening Psalms
Psalms 91, 116

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
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/2025-08-26

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 21
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
Psalm 139.1-9
Matthew 23.23-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
Proverbs 1.20-end
Mark 3.7-19a

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
1 Samuel 26
Acts 4.1-12

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please 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 our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-27

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
1 Samuel 1.9-18
Psalm 121
1 Timothy 5.3-5
Luke 7.11-17

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 2.9-13
Psalm 126
Matthew 23.27-32

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77
Proverbs 2
Mark 3.19b-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.81-104
1 Samuel 28.3-end
Acts 4.13-31

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-28

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
Psalm 84.1-4
Romans 13.11-end
Matthew 23.8-12

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 3.7-end
Psalm 90.13-end
Matthew 24.42-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 78.1-39*
Proverbs 3.1-26
Mark 4.1-20

Evening Prayer
Psalm 78.40-end*
1 Samuel 31
Acts 4.32 – 5.11

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-29

Green / red

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

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 4.1-8
Psalm 97
Matthew 25.1-13

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
Proverbs 3.27 – 4.19
Mark 4.21-34

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
2 Samuel 1
Acts 5.12-26

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.

John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-30

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Exodus 3.7-12
Psalm 122
Hebrews 12.1, 2
Luke 21.21, 34-36

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 4.9-12
Psalm 98.1-2, 8-end
Matthew 25.14-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
Proverbs 6.1-19
Mark 4.35-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
2 Samuel 2.1-11
Acts 5.27-end

Collect

God of peace,
who called your servant John Bunyan
to be valiant for truth:
grant that as strangers and pilgrims
we may at the last rejoice with all Christian people
in your heavenly city;
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 John Bunyan to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 11

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-31

Green

Proper 17
Sunday between 28 August and 3 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 2.4-13
Psalm 81.1,10-16*
Hebrews 13.1-8, 15, 16
Luke 14.1, 7-14

(or)
Related
Ecclesiasticus 10.12-18 or
Proverbs 25.6-7
Psalm 112
Hebrews 13.1-8, 15, 16
Luke 14.1, 7-14

Third Service
Psalm 119.161-176
Jonah 3.1-9 or
Ecclesiasticus 11.[7-17] 18-28
Revelation 3.14-end

Second Service
Psalm 119.81-96*
Isaiah 33.13-22
John 3.22-36

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-01

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 22
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end
Psalm 96
Luke 4.16-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82
Proverbs 8.1-21
Mark 5.1-20

Evening Prayer
Psalms 85, 86
2 Samuel 3.12-end
Acts 6

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-02

Green

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 5.1-6, 9-11
Psalm 27.1-8
Luke 4.31-37

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
Proverbs 8.22-end
Mark 5.21-34

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
2 Samuel 5.1-12
Acts 7.1-16

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-03

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 47.8-11
Psalm 100
1 Thessalonians 2.3-8
Mark 10.42-45

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.1-8
Psalm 34.11-18
Luke 4.38-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.105-128
Proverbs 9
Mark 5.35-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 91, 93
2 Samuel 6.1-19
Acts 7.17-43

Collect

Merciful Father,
who chose your bishop Gregory
to be a servant of the servants of God:
grant that, like him, we may ever long to serve you
by proclaiming your gospel to the nations,
and may ever rejoice to sing your praises;
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 Gregory to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-04

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.9-14
Psalm 98.1-5
Luke 5.1-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, 92
Proverbs 10.1-12
Mark 6.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 94
2 Samuel 7.1-17
Acts 7.44-53

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-05

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.15-20
Psalm 89.19b-28
Luke 5.33-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
Proverbs 11.1-12
Mark 6.14-29

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
2 Samuel 7.18-end
Acts 7.54 – 8.3

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Allen Gardiner, Missionary, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-06

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 1.21-23
Psalm 117
Luke 6.1-5

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97, 100
Proverbs 12.10-end
Mark 6.30-44

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104
2 Samuel 9
Acts 8.4-25

Collect

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
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 all mercy,
we your faithful people have celebrated that one true sacrifice
which takes away our sins and brings pardon and peace:
by our communion
keep us firm on the foundation of the gospel
and preserve us from all sin;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 12

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.

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-07

Green

Proper 18
Sunday between 4 and 10 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 18.1-11
Psalm 139.1-5,12-18*
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14.25-33

(or)
Related
Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Psalm 1
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14.25-33

Third Service
Psalms 122, 123
Jonah 3.10 – 4.11 or
Ecclesiasticus 27.30 – 28.9
Revelation 8.1-5

Second Service
Psalms [120] 121
Isaiah 43.14 – 44.5
John 5.30-47

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.

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/2025-09-08

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Micah 5.2-4
Canticle: Judith 16.13-16
Romans 8.28-30
Matthew 1.[1-16] 18-23

Holy Communion
DEL week 23
Colossians 1.24 – 2.3
Psalm 62.1-7
Luke 6.6-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 101
Proverbs 14.31 – 15.17
Mark 6.45-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105* (or 103)
2 Samuel 11
Acts 8.26-end

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.

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

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.

Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-09

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 2.6-15
Psalm 8
Luke 6.12-19

Morning Prayer
Psalm 106* (or 103)
Proverbs 15.18-end
Mark 7.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 107*
2 Samuel 12.1-25
Acts 9.1-19a

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-10

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 3.1-11
Psalm 15
Luke 6.20-26

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
Proverbs 18.10-end
Mark 7.14-23

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
2 Samuel 15.1-12
Acts 9.19b-31

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-11

Green

Holy Communion
Colossians 3.12-17
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 6.27-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
Proverbs 20.1-22
Mark 7.24-30

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
2 Samuel 15.13-end
Acts 9.32-end

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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-12

Green

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 1.1-2, 12-14
Psalm 16
Luke 6.39-42

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
Proverbs 22.1-16
Mark 7.31-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
2 Samuel 16.1-14
Acts 10.1-16

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.

John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-13

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Psalm 101.1-5, 9, 10
Ephesians 3.8-12
Matthew 5.13-19

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 1.15-17
Psalm 113
Luke 6.43-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
Proverbs 24.23-end
Mark 8.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118
2 Samuel 17.1-23
Acts 10.17-33

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Holy Cross Day
Psalm 66
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
Ephesians 2.11-22

Collect

God of truth and love,
who gave to your servant John Chrysostom
eloquence to declare your righteousness in the great congregation
and courage to bear reproach for the honour of your name:
mercifully grant to those who minister your word
such excellence in preaching,
that all people may share with them
in the glory that shall be revealed;
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 John Chrysostom to the eternal feast of heaven;
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.

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.

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is not observed on Sunday 14 September:

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-14

Green

Proper 19
Sunday between 11 and 17 September inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 4.11-12, 22-28
Psalm 14
1 Timothy 1.12-17
Luke 15.1-10

(or)
Related
Exodus 32.7-14
Psalm 51.1-11
1 Timothy 1.12-17
Luke 15.1-10

Third Service
Psalms 126, 127
Isaiah 44.24 – 45.8
Revelation 12.1-12

Second Service
Psalms 124, 125
Isaiah 60
John 6.51-69

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Holy Cross Day
Psalm 66
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
Ephesians 2.11-22

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 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 may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is observed on Sunday 14 September:

Holy Cross Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-14

Red

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.

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is not observed on Monday 15 September:

Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-15

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Ezekiel 34.11-16
Psalm 75.1-3, 6, 7, 10
1 Peter 4.12-end
Matthew 18.18-22

Holy Communion
DEL week 24
1 Timothy 2.1-8
Psalm 28
Luke 7.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 123, 124, 125, 126
Proverbs 25.1-14
Mark 8.11-21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 127, 128, 129
2 Samuel 18.1-18
Acts 10.34-end

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

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.

(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 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.

Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
If it is observed on Monday 15 September:

Holy Cross Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-15

Red

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.

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-16

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 67
Acts 13.46-49
Mark 16.15-end

Holy Communion
DEL week 24
1 Timothy 3.1-13
Psalm 101
Luke 7.11-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 133
Proverbs 25.15-end
Mark 8.22-26

Evening Prayer
Psalms (134), 135
2 Samuel 18.19 – 19.8a
Acts 11.1-18

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/2025-09-17

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 8.12-14, 22-31
Psalm 104.26, 29, 30, 32-36
1 Corinthians 2.9-13
Luke 10.21-24

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 3.14-end
Psalm 111.1-5
Luke 7.31-35

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.153-end
Proverbs 26.12-end
Mark 8.27 – 9.1

Evening Prayer
Psalm 136
2 Samuel 19.8b-23
Acts 11.19-end

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/2025-09-18

Green

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 4.12-end
Psalm 111.6-end
Luke 7.36-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 143, 146
Proverbs 27.1-22
Mark 9.2-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 138, 140, 141
2 Samuel 19.24-end
Acts 12.1-17

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.

Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-19

Green

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 6.2b-12
Psalm 49.1-9
Luke 8.1-3

Morning Prayer
Psalms 142, 144
Proverbs 30.1-9, 24-31
Mark 9.14-29

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
2 Samuel 23.1-7
Acts 12.18-end

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.

John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-20

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
2 Chronicles 24.17-21
Psalm 16.2, 4-8
Acts 7.55-end
Mark 8.31-35

Holy Communion
1 Timothy 6.13-16
Psalm 100
Luke 8.4-15

Morning Prayer
Psalm 147
Proverbs 31.10-end
Mark 9.30-37

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150
2 Samuel 24
Acts 13.1-12

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

Collect

God of all tribes and peoples and tongues,
who called your servant John Coleridge Patteson
to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ
amongst the peoples of Melanesia:
grant us to hear your call to service
and to respond trustfully and joyfully
to Jesus Christ our redeemer,
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 John Coleridge Patteson:
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 John Coleridge Patteson:
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 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.

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.