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Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Wisdom 2.1, 12-22 or
Jeremiah 26.8-11
Psalm 34.15-end
John 7.1-2, 10, 25-30

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fourth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about the man born blind is not read on the Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Micah 7.7-9
Psalm 27.1, 9-10, 16-17
John 9

Morning Prayer
Psalm 102 (or) 31
Jeremiah 19.14 – 20.6
John 11.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 13, 16 (or) 35
Exodus 6.2-13
Hebrews 10.26-end

Collect

Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord God,
whose blessed Son our Saviour
gave his back to the smiters
and did not hide his face from shame:
give us grace to endure the sufferings of this present time
with sure confidence in the glory that shall be revealed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-05

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Jeremiah 11.18-20
Psalm 7.1-2, 8-10
John 7.40-52

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fourth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about the man born blind is not read on the Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Micah 7.7-9
Psalm 27.1, 9-10, 16-17
John 9

Morning Prayer
Psalm 32 (or) 41, 42, 43
Jeremiah 20.7-end
John 11.17-27

Evening Prayer
Psalms 140, 141, 142 (or) 45, 46
Exodus 7.8-end
Hebrews 11.1-16

Collect

Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord God,
whose blessed Son our Saviour
gave his back to the smiters
and did not hide his face from shame:
give us grace to endure the sufferings of this present time
with sure confidence in the glory that shall be revealed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Lent 5

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Fifth Sunday of Lent

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Purple or Lent array

Passiontide begins

Principal Service
Isaiah 43.16-21
Psalm 126
Philippians 3.4b-14
John 12.1-8

Third Service
Psalms 111, 112
Isaiah 35.1-10
Romans 7.21 – 8.4

Second Service
Psalm 35*
2 Chronicles 35.1-6, 10-16
Luke 22.1-13

Collect

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-07

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Susannah 1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [or
41b-62] or
Joshua 2.1-14
Psalm 23
John 8.1-11

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fifth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent:
2 Kings 4.18-21, 32-37
Psalm 17.1-8, 16
John 11.1-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 73, 121 (or) 44
Jeremiah 21.1-10
John 11.28-44

Evening Prayer
Psalms 26, 27 (or) 47, 49
Exodus 8.1-19
Hebrews 11.17-31

Collect

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-08

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Numbers 21.4-9
Psalm 102.1-3, 16-23
John 8.21-30

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fifth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent:
2 Kings 4.18-21, 32-37
Psalm 17.1-8, 16
John 11.1-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 35, 123 (or) 48, 52
Jeremiah 22.1-5, 13-19
John 11.45-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 64 (or) 50
Exodus 8.20-end
Hebrews 11.32 – 12.2

Collect

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945

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Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Daniel 3.14-20, 24-25, 28
Canticle: Bless the Lord
John 8.31-42

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fifth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent:
2 Kings 4.18-21, 32-37
Psalm 17.1-8, 16
John 11.1-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 55, 124 (or) 119.57-80
Jeremiah 22.20 – 23.8
John 12.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 56, 62 (or) 59, 60, (67)
Exodus 9.1-12
Hebrews 12.3-13

Collect

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.

William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1347

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Purple or Lent array / white

Exciting Holiness
Tobit 1.16b-18a
Psalm 103.1-6
Romans 6.20-end
Luke 11.33-36

Holy Communion
Genesis 17.3-9
Psalm 105.4-9
John 8.51-end

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fifth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent:
2 Kings 4.18-21, 32-37
Psalm 17.1-8, 16
John 11.1-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 40, 125 (or) 56, 57, (63*)
Jeremiah 23.9-32
John 12.12-19

Evening Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 61, 62, 64
Exodus 9.13-end
Hebrews 12.14-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant William Law
to a devout and holy life:
grant that by your spirit of love
and through faithfulness in prayer
we may find the way to divine knowledge
and so come to see the hidden things of God;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God 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 William Law to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-11

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Jeremiah 20.10-13
Psalm 18.1-6
John 10.31-end

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fifth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent:
2 Kings 4.18-21, 32-37
Psalm 17.1-8, 16
John 11.1-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 22, 126 (or) 51, 54
Jeremiah 24
John 12.20-36a

Evening Prayer
Psalm 31 (or) 38
Exodus 10
Hebrews 13.1-16

Collect

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-12

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 37.21-end
Canticle: Jeremiah 31.10-13 or
Psalm 121
John 11.45-end

The following readings may replace those provided for Holy Communion on any day (except St Joseph’s Day and the Annunciation) during the Fifth Week of Lent, especially in Years B and C when the Gospel passage about Lazarus is not read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent:
2 Kings 4.18-21, 32-37
Psalm 17.1-8, 16
John 11.1-45

Morning Prayer
Psalms 23, 127 (or) 68
Jeremiah 25.1-14
John 12.36b-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 128, 129, 130 (or) 65, 66
Exodus 11
Hebrews 13.17-end

Collect

Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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 Jesus Christ,
you have taught us
that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters
we do also for you:
give us the will to be the servant of others
as you were the servant of all,
and gave up your life and died for us,
but are alive and reign, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Palm Sunday

Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
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.

Palm Sunday

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Red

Principal Service
Liturgy of the Palms:
Luke 19.28-40
Psalm 118.1-2, 19-29*

Liturgy of the Passion:
Isaiah 50.4-9a
Psalm 31.9-16*
Philippians 2.5-11
Luke 22.14 – 23.56 or
Luke 23.1-49

Third Service
Psalms 61, 62
Zechariah 9.9-12
1 Corinthians 2.1-12

Second Service
Psalm 69.1-20
Isaiah 5.1-7
Luke 20.9-19

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
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 Jesus Christ,
you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant,
and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation:
give us the mind to follow you
and to proclaim you as Lord and King,
to the glory of God the Father.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-14

Red

Monday of Holy Week

Principal Service
Isaiah 42.1-9
Psalm 36.5-11
Hebrews 9.11-15
John 12.1-11

Morning
Psalm 41
Lamentations 1.1-12a
Luke 22.1-23

Evening
Psalm 25
Lamentations 2.8-19
Colossians 1.18-23

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
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 Jesus Christ,
you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant,
and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation:
give us the mind to follow you
and to proclaim you as Lord and King,
to the glory of God the Father.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-15

Red

Tuesday of Holy Week

Principal Service
Isaiah 49.1-7
Psalm 71.1-14*
1 Corinthians 1.18-31
John 12.20-36

Morning
Psalm 27
Lamentations 3.1-18
Luke 22.24-53 (or Evening
Psalm 55.13-24
Lamentations 3.40-51
Galatians 6.11-18

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
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 Jesus Christ,
you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant,
and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation:
give us the mind to follow you
and to proclaim you as Lord and King,
to the glory of God the Father.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-16

Red

Wednesday of Holy Week

Principal Service
Isaiah 50.4-9a
Psalm 70
Hebrews 12.1-3
John 13.21-32

Morning
Psalm 102*
Wisdom 1.16 – 2.1; 2.12-22 or
Jeremiah 11.18-20
Luke 22.54-71

Evening
Psalm 88
Isaiah 63.1-9
Revelation 14.18 – 15.4

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
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 Jesus Christ,
you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant,
and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation:
give us the mind to follow you
and to proclaim you as Lord and King,
to the glory of God the Father.

Maundy Thursday

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Red:
White for Holy Communion

Principal Holy Day

Principal Service
Exodus 12.1-4 [5-10] 11-14
Psalm 116.1, 10-end*
1 Corinthians 11.23-26
John 13.1-17, 31b-35

Morning
Psalms 42, 43
Leviticus 16.2-24
Luke 23.1-25

Evening
Psalm 39
Exodus 11
Ephesians 2.11-18

Collect

At Morning and Evening Prayer the Collect of Palm Sunday is used.
Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
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.

At Holy Communion this Collect is used.
God our Father,
you have invited us to share in the supper
which your Son gave to his Church
to proclaim his death until he comes:
may he nourish us by his presence,
and unite us in his love;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord Jesus Christ,
we thank you that in this wonderful sacrament
you have given us the memorial of your passion:
grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries
of your body and blood
that we may know within ourselves
and show forth in our lives
the fruit of your redemption,
for you are alive and reign, now and for ever.

Good Friday

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-18

Hangings removed:
red for the liturgy

Principal Holy Day

Principal Service
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
Psalm 22*
Hebrews 10.16-25 or
Hebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9
John 18.1 – 19.42

Morning
Psalm 69
Genesis 22.1-18
A part of John 18 and 19if not used at the Principal Service
or Hebrews 10.1-10

Evening
Psalms 130, 143
Lamentations 5.15-end
A part of John 18 and 19if not used at the Principal Service
John 19.38-end
or Colossians 1.18-23

Collect

Almighty Father,
look with mercy on this your family
for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed
and given up into the hands of sinners
and to suffer death upon the cross;
who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-19

Hangings removed

Easter Eve

These readings are for use at services other than the Easter Vigil.

Principal Service
Job 14.1-14 or
Lamentations 3.1-9, 19-24
Psalm 31.1-4,15,16*
1 Peter 4.1-8
Matthew 27.57-end or
John 19.38-end

Morning
Psalm 142
Hosea 6.1-6
John 2.18-22

Evening
Psalm 116
Job 19.21-27
1 John 5.5-12

Collect

Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits,
who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Easter Vigil

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Gold or White

A minimum of three Old Testament readings should be chosen. The reading from Exodus 14 should always be used.
Genesis 1.1 – 2.4a
Psalm 136.1-9,23-26

Genesis 7.1-5, 11-18; 8.6-18; 9.8-13
Psalm 46

Genesis 22.1-18
Psalm 16

Exodus 14.10-end; 15.20, 21
Canticle: Exodus 15.1b-13, 17, 18

Isaiah 55.1-11
Canticle: Isaiah 12.2-6

Baruch 3.9-15, 32 – 4.4 or
Proverbs 8.1-8, 19-21; 9.4b-6
Psalm 19

Ezekiel 36.24-28
Psalms 42, 43

Ezekiel 37.1-14
Psalm 143

Zephaniah 3.14-end
Psalm 98

Romans 6.3-11
Psalm 114
Luke 24.1-12

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Easter Day

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Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 10.34-43 or
Isaiah 65.17-end
Psalm 118.1-2,14-24*
1 Corinthians 15.19-26 or
Acts 10.34-43
John 20.1-18 or
Luke 24.1-12

Third Service
Ezekiel 47.1-12
John 2.13-22
Morning Psalms
Psalms 114, 117

Second Service
Isaiah 43.1-21
1 Corinthians 15.1-11 or
John 20.19-23
Evening Psalms
Psalm 105 or
66.1-11

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-21

White

Holy Communion
Acts 2.14, 22-32
Psalm 16.1-2, 6-end
Matthew 28.8-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 111, 117, 146
Song of Solomon 1.9 – 2.7
Mark 16.1-8

Evening Prayer
Psalm 135
Exodus 12.1-14
1 Corinthians 15.1-11

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-22

White

Holy Communion
Acts 2.36-41
Psalm 33.4-5, 18-end
John 20.11-18

Morning Prayer
Psalms 112, 147.1-12
Song of Solomon 2.8-end
Luke 24.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 136
Exodus 12.14-36
1 Corinthians 15.12-19

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-23

White

Holy Communion
Acts 3.1-10
Psalm 105.1-9
Luke 24.13-35

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 147.13-end
Song of Solomon 3
Matthew 28.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105
Exodus 12.37-end
1 Corinthians 15.20-28

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-24

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Holy Communion
Acts 3.11-26
Psalm 8
Luke 24.35-48

Morning Prayer
Psalms 114, 148
Song of Solomon 5.2 – 6.3
Luke 7.11-17

Evening Prayer
Psalm 106
Exodus 13.1-16
1 Corinthians 15.29-34

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-25

White

Holy Communion
Acts 4.1-12
Psalm 118.1-4, 22-26
John 21.1-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 115, 149
Song of Solomon 7.10 – 8.4
Luke 8.41-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 107
Exodus 13.17 – 14.14
1 Corinthians 15.35-50

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-26

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Holy Communion
Acts 4.13-21
Psalm 118.1-4, 14-21
Mark 16.9-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 116, 150
Song of Solomon 8.5-7
John 11.17-44

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
Exodus 14.15-end
1 Corinthians 15.51-end

Collect

Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.

Post Communion

God of Life,
who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son
to the death of the cross,
and by his glorious resurrection
have delivered us from the power of our enemy:
grant us so to die daily to sin,
that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 2

Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits 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.

The Second Sunday of Easter

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-27

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Principal Service
The reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading.
Acts 5.27-32
Psalm 118.14-29 or
Psalm 150
Revelation 1.4-8
John 20.19-31

For those who require an Old Testament reading on the Sundays of Easter:
Exodus 14.10-end; 15.20, 21
If an Old Testament reading is used, the reading from Acts must be used as the second reading.

Third Service
Psalm 136.1-16
Exodus 12.1-13
1 Peter 1.3-12

Second Service
Psalm 16
Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12 or
53.1-6, 9-12
Luke 24.13-35

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of George
Psalms 111, 116
Jeremiah 15.15-21
Hebrews 11.32 – 12.2

Collect

Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits 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

Lord God our Father,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
you have assured your children of eternal life
and in baptism have made us one with him:
deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in your love,
in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Collect on the Eve of George

God of hosts,
who so kindled the flame of love
in the heart of your servant George
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
by his life and by his death:
give us the same faith and power of love
that we who rejoice in his triumphs
may come to share with him the fullness of the resurrection;
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.

George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-28

Red

Principal Service
1 Maccabees 2.59-64 or
Revelation 12.7-12
Psalm 126
2 Timothy 2.3-13
John 15.18-21

Third Service
Joshua 1.1-9
Ephesians 6.10-20
Morning Psalms
Psalms 5, 146

Second Service
Isaiah 43.1-7
John 15.1-8
Evening Psalms
Psalms 3, 11

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Mark the Evangelist
Psalm 19
Isaiah 52.7-10
Mark 1.1-15

Collect

God of hosts,
who so kindled the flame of love
in the heart of your servant George
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
by his life and by his death:
give us the same faith and power of love
that we who rejoice in his triumphs
may come to share with him the fullness of the resurrection;
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 George:
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 George:
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 Mark the Evangelist

Almighty God,
who enlightened your holy Church
through the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:
grant that we, being firmly grounded
in the truth of the gospel,
may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;
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.

Mark the Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-29

Red

Principal Service
Proverbs 15.28-end or
Acts 15.35-41
Psalm 119.9-16
Ephesians 4.7-16
Mark 13.5-13

Third Service
Isaiah 62.6-10 or
Ecclesiasticus 51.13-end
Acts 12.25 – 13.13
Morning Psalms
Psalms 37.23-41, 148.1-end

Second Service
Ezekiel 1.4-14
2 Timothy 4.1-11
Evening Psalm
Psalm 45

Collect

Almighty God,
who enlightened your holy Church
through the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:
grant that we, being firmly grounded
in the truth of the gospel,
may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;
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.

Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-04-30

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Holy Communion
Acts 5.17-26
Psalm 34.1-8
John 3.16-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 16, 30 (or) 119.1-32
Deuteronomy 3.18-end
John 20.19-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 11, 12, 13
Exodus 16.11-end
Colossians 2.1-15

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Philip and James
Psalm 25
Isaiah 40.27-31
John 12.20-26

Collect

Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits 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

Lord God our Father,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
you have assured your children of eternal life
and in baptism have made us one with him:
deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in your love,
in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Collect on the Eve of Philip and James

Almighty Father,
whom truly to know is eternal life:
teach us to know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth, and the life;
that we may follow the steps
of your holy apostles Philip and James,
and walk steadfastly in the way that leads to your 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.

Philip and James, Apostles

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-01

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 30.15-21
Psalm 119.1-8
Ephesians 1.3-10
John 14.1-14

Third Service
Proverbs 4.10-18
James 1.1-12
Morning Psalms
Psalms 139, 146

Second Service
Job 23.1-12
John 1.43-end
Evening Psalm
Psalm 149

Collect

Almighty Father,
whom truly to know is eternal life:
teach us to know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth, and the life;
that we may follow the steps
of your holy apostles Philip and James,
and walk steadfastly in the way that leads to your 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

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.

Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-02

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Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 4.20-28
Psalm 2.1, 2, 7, 8, 10-end
Colossians 1.11-20
Matthew 10.24-27

Holy Communion
Acts 5.34-42
Psalm 27.1-5, 16-17
John 6.1-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 57, 61 (or) 17, 19
Deuteronomy 4.15-31
John 21.15-19

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 22
Exodus 18.1-12
Colossians 3.12 – 4.1

Collect

Ever-living God,
whose servant Athanasius testified
to the mystery of the Word made flesh for our salvation:
help us, with all your saints,
to contend for the truth
and to grow into the likeness 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 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 Athanasius to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-05-03

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Holy Communion
Acts 6.1-7
Psalm 33.1-5, 18-19
John 6.16-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 63, 84 (or) 20, 21, 23
Deuteronomy 4.32-40
John 21.20-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 66 (or) 24, 25
Exodus 18.13-end
Colossians 4.2-end

Collect

Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits 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

Lord God our Father,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
you have assured your children of eternal life
and in baptism have made us one with him:
deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in your love,
in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 3

Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and 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.