William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-07-30

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Job 31.16-23
Psalm 22.23, 24, 26-28
Galatians 3.26-end; 4.6, 7
Luke 4.16-21

Holy Communion
Exodus 34.29-end
Psalm 99
Matthew 13.44-46

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.153-end
Ezekiel 12.1-16
2 Corinthians 8.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalm 136
1 Samuel 7
Luke 21.20-28

Collect

God our deliverer,
who sent your Son Jesus Christ
to set your people free from the slavery of sin:
grant that, as your servants William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson
toiled against the sin of slavery,
so we may bring compassion to all
and work for the freedom of all the children 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 our redeemer,
who inspired William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson to witness to your love
and to work for the coming of your kingdom:
may we, who in this sacrament share the bread of heaven,
be fired by your Spirit to proclaim the gospel in our daily living
and never to rest content until your kingdom come,
on earth as it is in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-07-31

Green

Holy Communion
Exodus 40.16-21, 34-end
Psalm 84.1-6
Matthew 13.47-53

Morning Prayer
Psalms 143, 146
Ezekiel 12.17-end
2 Corinthians 8.16 – 9.5

Evening Prayer
Psalms 138, 140, 141
1 Samuel 8
Luke 21.29-end

Collect

Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
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 led us to the living water:
refresh and sustain us
as we go forward on our journey,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-01

Green

Holy Communion
Leviticus 23.1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37
Psalm 81.1-8
Matthew 13.54-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 142, 144
Ezekiel 13.1-16
2 Corinthians 9.6-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145
1 Samuel 9.1-14
Luke 22.1-13

Collect

Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
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 led us to the living water:
refresh and sustain us
as we go forward on our journey,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-02

Green

Holy Communion
Leviticus 25.1, 8-17
Psalm 67
Matthew 14.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 147
Ezekiel 14.1-11
2 Corinthians 10

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150
1 Samuel 9.15 – 10.1
Luke 22.14-23

Collect

Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
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 led us to the living water:
refresh and sustain us
as we go forward on our journey,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 7

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in 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 Seventh Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-03

Green

Proper 13
Sunday between 31 July and 6 August inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Hosea 11.1-11
Psalm 107.1-9,43*
Colossians 3.1-11
Luke 12.13-21

(or)
Related
Ecclesiastes 1.2, 12-14; 2.18-23
Psalm 49.1-12*
Colossians 3.1-11
Luke 12.13-21

Third Service
Psalm 106.1-10
Song of Solomon 5.2-end or
1 Maccabees 3.1-12
2 Peter 1.1-15

Second Service
Psalm 107.1-32*
Genesis 50.4-26
1 Corinthians 14.1-19
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 6.45-52

Collect

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in 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

Lord God, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
ever giving himself that the world may live:
may we so receive within ourselves
the power of his death and passion
that, in his saving cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859

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

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 18
Numbers 11.4-15
Psalm 81.11-end
Matthew 14.13-21 or

14.22-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 1, 2, 3
Ezekiel 14.12-end
2 Corinthians 11.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 4, 7
1 Samuel 10.1-16
Luke 22.24-30

Collect

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in 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

Lord God, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
ever giving himself that the world may live:
may we so receive within ourselves
the power of his death and passion
that, in his saving cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-05

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 5.15-20
Psalm 144.1-5, 7, 11, 12, 16
1 Peter 4.12-end
John 16.29-end

Holy Communion
Numbers 12.1-13
Psalm 51.1-8
Matthew 14.22-end or

15.1-2, 10-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 6, (8)
Ezekiel 18.1-20
2 Corinthians 11.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 9, 10*
1 Samuel 10.17-end
Luke 22.31-38

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Transfiguration
Psalms 99, 110
Exodus 24.12-18
John 12.27-36a

Collect

Lord God almighty,
who so kindled the faith of King Oswald with your Spirit
that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom
and turned his people to the light of Christ:
grant that we, being fired by the same Spirit,
may always bear our cross before the world
and be found faithful servants of the gospel;
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 Oswald:
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 Oswald:
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 the Transfiguration

Father in heaven,
whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured
before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain,
and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem:
give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross
that in the world to come we may see him as he is;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Transfiguration of Our Lord

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-06

Gold or White

Principal Service
Daniel 7.9, 10, 13, 14
Psalm 97
2 Peter 1.16-19
Luke 9.28-36

Third Service
Ecclesiasticus 48.1-10 or
1 Kings 19.1-16
1 John 3.1-3
Morning Psalms
Psalms 27, 150

Second Service
Exodus 34.29-end
2 Corinthians 3
Evening Psalm
Psalm 72

Collect

Father in heaven,
whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured
before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain,
and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem:
give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross
that in the world to come we may see him as he is;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Holy God,
we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ:
may we who are partakers at his table
reflect his life in word and deed,
that all the world may know his power to change and save.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-07

Green

Holy Communion
Numbers 20.1-13
Psalm 95.1, 8-end
Matthew 16.13-23

Morning Prayer
Psalms 14, 15, 16
Ezekiel 20.1-20
2 Corinthians 13

Evening Prayer
Psalm 18*
1 Samuel 12
Luke 22.47-62

Collect

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in 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

Lord God, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
ever giving himself that the world may live:
may we so receive within ourselves
the power of his death and passion
that, in his saving cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

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

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
Psalm 25.1a, 3-9
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
Matthew 10.5-13

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 4.32-40
Psalm 77.11-end
Matthew 16.24-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 17, 19
Ezekiel 20.21-38
James 1.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalm 22
1 Samuel 13.5-18
Luke 22.63-end

Collect

Almighty God,
whose servant Dominic grew in the knowledge of your truth
and formed an order of preachers to proclaim the faith of Christ:
by your grace give to all your people a love for your word
and a longing to share the gospel,
so that the whole world may come to know you
and 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

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Dominic
that he 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.

Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-09

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 24.3, 4, 12-14
Psalm 119.9-16
Hebrews 13.1-5
Luke 11.9-13

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 6.4-13
Psalm 18.1-2, 48-end
Matthew 17.14-20

Morning Prayer
Psalms 20, 21, 23
Ezekiel 24.15-end
James 1.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 24, 25
1 Samuel 13.19 – 14.15
Luke 23.1-12

Collect

Faithful and loving God,
who called Mary Sumner to strive for the renewal of family life:
give us the gift of your Holy Spirit,
that through word, prayer and deed
your family may be strengthened and your people served;
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

Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name,
your servant Mary Sumner 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.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 8

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
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.

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-10

Green

Proper 14
Sunday between 7 and 13 August inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Isaiah 1.1, 10-20
Psalm 50.1-8, 23,24*
Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16
Luke 12.32-40

(or)
Related
Genesis 15.1-6
Psalm 33.12-22*
Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16
Luke 12.32-40

Third Service
Psalm 115
Song of Solomon 8.5-7 or
1 Maccabees 14.4-15
2 Peter 3.8-13

Second Service
Psalms 108 [116]
Isaiah 11.10 – 12.6
2 Corinthians 1.1-22
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Mark 7.24-30

Collect

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
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.

Post Communion

Strengthen for service, Lord,
the hands that have taken holy things;
may the ears which have heard your word
be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
shine with the light of hope;
and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
glory to you for ever.

Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-11

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Song of Songs 8.6, 7
Psalm 62.1, 2, 5-8, 11
2 Corinthians 4.6-10
John 15.4-10

Holy Communion
DEL week 19
Deuteronomy 10.12-end
Psalm 147.13-end
Matthew 17.22-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 27, 30
Ezekiel 28.1-19
James 2.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 26, 28, 29
1 Samuel 14.24-46
Luke 23.13-25

Collect

God of peace,
who in the poverty of the blessed Clare
gave us a clear light to shine in the darkness of this world:
give us grace so to follow in her footsteps
that we may, at the last, rejoice with her in your eternal 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 God,
who gave such grace to your servant Clare
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/2025-08-12

Green

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 31.1-8
Psalm 107.1-3, 42-end or
Canticle: Deuteronomy 32.3-4, 7-9
Matthew 18.1-5, 10, 12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 32, 36
Ezekiel 33.1-20
James 2.14-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 33
1 Samuel 15.1-23
Luke 23.26-43

Collect

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
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.

Post Communion

Strengthen for service, Lord,
the hands that have taken holy things;
may the ears which have heard your word
be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
shine with the light of hope;
and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
glory to you for ever.

Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-13

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
1 Kings 3.6-10
Psalm 119.33, 34, 37-40
Titus 2.7, 8, 11-14
Matthew 5.17-20

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 34
Psalm 66.14-end
Matthew 18.15-20

Morning Prayer
Psalm 34
Ezekiel 33.21-end
James 3

Evening Prayer
Psalms 119.33-56
1 Samuel 16
Luke 23.44-56a

Collect

Holy and loving God,
you dwell in the human heart
and make us partakers of the divine nature
in Christ our great high priest:
help us who remember your servant Jeremy Taylor
to put our trust in your heavenly promises
and follow a holy life in virtue and true godliness;
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 Jeremy Taylor to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-14

Green

Holy Communion
Joshua 3.7-11, 13-17
Psalm 114
Matthew 18.21 – 19.1

Morning Prayer
Psalm 37*
Ezekiel 34.1-16
James 4.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 39, 40
1 Samuel 17.1-30
Luke 23.56b – 24.12

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Psalm 72
Proverbs 8.22-31
John 19.23-27

Collect

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
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.

Post Communion

Strengthen for service, Lord,
the hands that have taken holy things;
may the ears which have heard your word
be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
shine with the light of hope;
and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
glory to you for ever.

Collect on the Eve of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Almighty God,
who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
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 Blessed Virgin Mary

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-15

White

Principal Service
Isaiah 61.10, 11 or
Revelation 11.19 – 12.6, 10
Psalm 45.10-17
Galatians 4.4-7
Luke 1.46-55

Third Service
Isaiah 7.10-15
Luke 11.27, 28
Morning Psalms
Psalms 98, 138, 147.1-12

Second Service
Song of Solomon 2.1-7
Acts 1.6-14
Evening Psalm
Psalm 132

Collect

Almighty God,
who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
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 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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-16

Green

Holy Communion
Joshua 24.14-29
Psalm 16.1, 5-end
Matthew 19.13-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 41, 42, 43
Ezekiel 36.16-36
James 5.7-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
1 Samuel 17.55 – 18.16
Luke 24.36-end

Collect

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
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.

Post Communion

Strengthen for service, Lord,
the hands that have taken holy things;
may the ears which have heard your word
be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
shine with the light of hope;
and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
glory to you for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 9

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.

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-17

Green

Proper 15
Sunday between 14 and 20 August inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Isaiah 5.1-7
Psalm 80.1-2,9-20*
Hebrews 11.29 – 12.2
Luke 12.49-56

(or)
Related
Jeremiah 23.23-29
Psalm 82
Hebrews 11.29 – 12.2
Luke 12.49-56

Third Service
Psalm 119.33-48
Jonah 1 or
Ecclesiasticus 3.1-15
2 Peter 3.14-end

Second Service
Psalm 119.17-32*
Isaiah 28.9-22
2 Corinthians 8.1-9
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 20.1-16

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/2025-08-18

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 20
Judges 2.11-19
Psalm 106.34-42
Matthew 19.16-22

Morning Prayer
Psalm 44
Ezekiel 37.1-14
Mark 1.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 47, 49
1 Samuel 19.1-18
Acts 1.1-14

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/2025-08-19

Green

Holy Communion
Judges 6.11-24
Psalm 85.8-end
Matthew 19.23-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52
Ezekiel 37. 15-end
Mark 1.14-20

Evening Prayer
Psalm 50
1 Samuel 20.1-17
Acts 1.15-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.

Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-20

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 4.5-9
Psalm 19.1-4, 7
Revelation 19.5-9
John 15.7-11

Holy Communion
Judges 9.6-15
Psalm 21.1-6
Matthew 20.1-16

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.57-80
Ezekiel 39.21-end
Mark 1.21-28

Evening Prayer
Psalms 59, 60, (67)
1 Samuel 20.18-end
Acts 2.1-21

Collect

Merciful redeemer,
who, by the life and preaching of your servant Bernard,
rekindled the radiant light of your Church:
grant us, in our generation,
to be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline and love
and ever to walk before you as children of light;
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 Bernard to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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.