https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-02

Green

Holy Communion
Nehemiah 8.1-12
Psalm 19.7-11
Luke 10.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 37*
Wisdom 8.5-18 or
1 Chronicles 29.10-20
Mark 12.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 39, 40
1 Kings 11.1-13
Acts 17.16-end

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

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

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-03

Green

Holy Communion
Baruch 1.15-end or
Deuteronomy 31.7-13
Psalm 79.1-9
Luke 10.13-16

Morning Prayer
Psalm 31
Wisdom 8.21 – end of 9 or
1 Chronicles 29.21-end
Mark 12.13-17

Evening Prayer
Psalm 35
1 Kings 11.26-end
Acts 18.1-21

Collect

God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

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

Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-04

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Micah 6.6-8
Psalm 100
Galatians 6.14-end
Luke 12.22-34

Holy Communion
Baruch 4.5-12, 27-29 or
Joshua 22.1-6
Psalm 69.33-37
Luke 10.17-24

Morning Prayer
Psalms 41, 42, 43
Wisdom 10.15 – 11.10 or
2 Chronicles 1.1-13
Mark 12.18-27

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
1 Kings 12.1-24
Acts 18.22 – 19.7

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

Collect

O God, you ever delight to reveal yourself
to the childlike and lowly of heart:
grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis,
we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness
and know only Jesus Christ and him crucified,
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 Francis
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.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 16

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

When the date of dedication is unknown, the Dedication Festival may be observed on the first Sunday of October (5 October), or on the Last Sunday after Trinity (26 October), or on a suitable date chosen locally.

Dedication Festival

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-05

Gold or White

Principal Service
1 Chronicles 29.6-19
Psalm 122
Ephesians 2.19-22
John 2.13-22

Third Service
Haggai 2.6-9
Hebrews 10.19-25
Morning Psalms
Psalms 48, 150

Second Service
Jeremiah 7.1-11
Luke 19.1-10
Evening Psalm
Psalm 132

Collect

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Father in heaven,
whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace,
an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem:
grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage
that, fed with the living bread of heaven,
and united in the body of your Son,
we may be the temple of your presence,
the place of your glory on earth,
and a sign of your peace in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If the Dedication Festival is not observed on Sunday 5 October:

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-05

Green

Proper 22
Sunday between 2 and 8 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Lamentations 1.1-6
Canticle: Lamentations 3.19-26 or
Psalm 137*
2 Timothy 1.1-14
Luke 17.5-10

(or)
Related
Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4
Psalm 37.1-9
2 Timothy 1.1-14
Luke 17.5-10

Third Service
Psalm 141
Isaiah 49.13-23
Luke 12.1-12

Second Service
Psalm 142
Nehemiah 5.1-13
John 9

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-06

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 8.4-11
Psalm 119.89-96
2 Timothy 3.12-end
John 17.6-8, 14-19

Holy Communion
DEL week 27
Jonah 1.1 – 2.2, 10
Canticle: Jonah 2.2-4, 7 or
Psalm 69.1-6
Luke 10.25-37

Morning Prayer
Psalm 44
Wisdom 11.21 – 12.2 or
2 Chronicles 2.1-16
Mark 12.28-34

Evening Prayer
Psalms 47, 49
1 Kings 12.25 – 13.10
Acts 19.8-20

Collect

Lord, give to your people grace to hear and keep your word
that, after the example of your servant William Tyndale,
we may not only profess your gospel
but also be ready to suffer and die for it,
to the honour of your name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-07

Green

Holy Communion
Jonah 3
Psalm 130
Luke 10.38-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52
Wisdom 12.12-21 or
2 Chronicles 3
Mark 12.35-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 50
1 Kings 13.11-end
Acts 19.21-end

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Green

Holy Communion
Jonah 4
Psalm 86.1-9
Luke 11.1-4

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.57-80
Wisdom 13.1-9 or
2 Chronicles 5
Mark 13.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 59, 60, (67)
1 Kings 17
Acts 20.1-16

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c.250
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253

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

Green

Holy Communion
Malachi 3.13 – 4.2a
Psalm 1
Luke 11.5-13

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
Wisdom 16.15 – 17.1 or
2 Chronicles 6.1-21
Mark 13.14-23

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 62, 64
1 Kings 18.1-20
Acts 20.17-end

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674

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

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 2.2-5
Psalm 27.1, 2, 4, 5
Ephesians 2.4-10
Matthew 28.16-end

Holy Communion
Joel 1.13-15, 2.1-2
Psalm 9.1-7
Luke 11.15-26

Morning Prayer
Psalms 51, 54
Wisdom 18.6-19 or
2 Chronicles 6.22-end
Mark 13.24-31

Evening Prayer
Psalm 38
1 Kings 18.21-end
Acts 21.1-16

Collect

God our Saviour,
who sent Paulinus to preach and to baptize,
and so to build up your Church in this land:
grant that, inspired by his example,
we may tell all the world of your truth,
that with him we may receive the reward
you prepare for all your faithful servants;
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 with Paulinus and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-11

Green

Holy Communion
Joel 3.12-end
Psalm 97.1, 8-end
Luke 11.27-28

Morning Prayer
Psalm 68
Wisdom 19 or
2 Chronicles 7
Mark 13.32-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 65, 66
1 Kings 19
Acts 21.17-36

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Almighty God,
you have taught us through your Son
that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 17

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-12

Green

Proper 23
Sunday between 9 and 15 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 29.1, 4-7
Psalm 66.1-11
2 Timothy 2.8-15
Luke 17.11-19

(or)
Related
2 Kings 5.1-3, 7-15c
Psalm 111
2 Timothy 2.8-15
Luke 17.11-19

Third Service
Psalm 143
Isaiah 50.4-10
Luke 13.22-30

Second Service
Psalm 144
Nehemiah 6.1-16
John 15.12-27

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-13

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
2 Samuel 23.1-5
Psalm 132.1-5, 8, 9
1 John 4.13-16
Matthew 21.12-17

Holy Communion
DEL week 28
Romans 1.1-7
Psalm 98
Luke 11.29-32

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71
1 Maccabees 1.1-19 or
2 Chronicles 9.1-12
Mark 14.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 72, 75
1 Kings 21
Acts 21.37 – 22.21

Collect

Sovereign God,
who set your servant Edward
upon the throne of an earthly kingdom
and inspired him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven:
grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ
by word and deed,
that we may, with all your saints, inherit 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

God our redeemer,
who inspired Edward 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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-14

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 1.16-25
Psalm 19.1-4
Luke 11.37-41

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
1 Maccabees 1.20-40 or
2 Chronicles 10.1 – 11.4
Mark 14.12-25

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
1 Kings 22.1-28
Acts 22.22 – 23.11

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-15

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 7.7-15
Psalm 138.1-3, 6-8a
Romans 8.22-27
John 14.1-7

Holy Communion
Romans 2.1-11
Psalm 62.1-8
Luke 11.42-46

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77
1 Maccabees 1.41-end or
2 Chronicles 12
Mark 14.26-42

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.81-104
1 Kings 22.29-45
Acts 23.12-end

Collect

Merciful God,
who by your Spirit raised up your servant Teresa of Avila
to reveal to your Church the way of perfection:
grant that her teaching
may awaken in us a longing for holiness,
until we attain to the perfect union of love
in 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 Teresa to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-16

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 3.21-30
Psalm 130
Luke 11.47-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 78.1-39*
1 Maccabees 2.1-28 or
2 Chronicles 13.1 – 14.1
Mark 14.43-52

Evening Prayer
Psalm 78.40-end*
2 Kings 1.2-17
Acts 24.1-23

Collect

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace
may always precede and follow us,
and make us continually to be given to all good works;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-17

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 35.6-end
Psalm 31.1-5, 7, 8
Philippians 3.7-12
John 6.52-58

Holy Communion
Romans 4.1-8
Psalm 32
Luke 12.1-7

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
1 Maccabees 2.29-48 or
2 Chronicles 14.2-end
Mark 14.53-65

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
2 Kings 2.1-18
Acts 24.24 – 25.12

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Luke
Psalm 33
Hosea 6.1-3
2 Timothy 3.10-end

Collect

Feed us, O Lord, with the living bread
and make us drink deep of the cup of salvation
that, following the teaching of your bishop Ignatius
and rejoicing in the faith
with which he embraced a martyr’s death,
we may be nourished for that eternal life
for which he longed;
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 Ignatius:
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 Ignatius:
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 Luke

Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
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.

Luke the Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-18

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 35.3-6 or
Acts 16.6-12a
Psalm 147.1-7
2 Timothy 4.5-17
Luke 10.1-9

Third Service
Isaiah 55
Luke 1.1-4
Morning Psalms
Psalms 145, 146

Second Service
Ecclesiasticus 38.1-14 or
Isaiah 61.1-6
Colossians 4.7-end
Evening Psalm
Psalm 103

Collect

Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
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.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 18

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-19

Green

Proper 24
Sunday between 16 and 22 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Jeremiah 31.27-34
Psalm 119.97-104
2 Timothy 3.14 – 4.5
Luke 18.1-8

(or)
Related
Genesis 32.22-31
Psalm 121
2 Timothy 3.14 – 4.5
Luke 18.1-8

Third Service
Psalm 147
Isaiah 54.1-14
Luke 13.31-35

Second Service
Psalms [146] 149
Nehemiah 8.9-18
John 16.1-11

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-20

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 29
Romans 4.20-end
Canticle: Benedictus 1-6
Luke 12.13-21

Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82
1 Maccabees 3.1-26 or
2 Chronicles 17.1-12
Mark 15.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 85, 86
2 Kings 5
Acts 26.1-23

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-21

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 5.12, 15, 17-end
Psalm 40.7-12
Luke 12.35-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
1 Maccabees 3.27-41 or
2 Chronicles 18.1-27
Mark 15.16-32

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
2 Kings 6.1-23
Acts 26.24-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-22

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 6.12-18
Psalm 124
Luke 12.39-48

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.105-128
1 Maccabees 3.42-end or
2 Chronicles 18.28 – end of 19
Mark 15.33-41

Evening Prayer
Psalms 91, 93
2 Kings 9.1-16
Acts 27.1-26

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-23

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 6.19-end
Psalm 1
Luke 12.49-53

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, 92
1 Maccabees 4.1-25 or
2 Chronicles 20.1-23
Mark 15.42-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 94
2 Kings 9.17-end
Acts 27.27-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-24

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 7.18-end
Psalm 119.33-40
Luke 12.54-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
1 Maccabees 4.26-35 or
2 Chronicles 22.10 – end of 23
Mark 16.1-8

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
2 Kings 12.1-19
Acts 28.1-16

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.287

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-25

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 8.1-11
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 13.1-9

Morning Prayer
Psalms 96, 97, 100
1 Maccabees 4.36-end or
2 Chronicles 24.1-22
Mark 16.9-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 104
2 Kings 17.1-23
Acts 28.17-end

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

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Last Sunday after Trinity

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Or the Last Sunday after Trinity may be observed as Bible Sunday.

Bible Sunday

Principal Service
Isaiah 45.22-25
Psalm 119.129-136
Romans 15.1-6
Luke 4.16-24

Third Service
Psalm 119.105-128
1 Kings 22.1-17
Romans 15.4-13 or
Luke 14.1-14

Second Service
Psalm 119.1-16
Jeremiah 36.9-32
Romans 10.5-17
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 22.34-40

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in 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

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

When the date of dedication is unknown, the Dedication Festival may be observed on the first Sunday of October (5 October), or on the Last Sunday after Trinity (26 October), or on a suitable date chosen locally.

Dedication Festival

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-26

Gold or White

Principal Service
1 Chronicles 29.6-19
Psalm 122
Ephesians 2.19-22
John 2.13-22

Third Service
Haggai 2.6-9
Hebrews 10.19-25
Morning Psalms
Psalms 48, 150

Second Service
Jeremiah 7.1-11
Luke 19.1-10
Evening Psalm
Psalm 132

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Father in heaven,
whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace,
an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem:
grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage
that, fed with the living bread of heaven,
and united in the body of your Son,
we may be the temple of your presence,
the place of your glory on earth,
and a sign of your peace in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If the Dedication Festival is not observed on Sunday 26 October:

The Last Sunday after Trinity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-26

Green

Proper 25
Sunday between 23 and 29 October inclusive

Principal Service
Continuous
Joel 2.23-32
Psalm 65*
2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18
Luke 18.9-14

(or)
Related
Ecclesiasticus 35.12-17 or
Jeremiah 14.7-10, 19-22
Psalm 84.1-7
2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18
Luke 18.9-14

Third Service
Psalm 119.105-128
Isaiah 59.9-20
Luke 14.1-14

Second Service
Psalm 119.1-16
Ecclesiastes 11, 12
2 Timothy 2.1-7
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 22.34-46

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in 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

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-27

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 30
Romans 8.12-17
Psalm 68.1-6, 19
Luke 13.10-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 99, 101
1 Maccabees 6.1-17 or
2 Chronicles 26.1-21
John 13.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105* (or 103)
2 Kings 17.24-end
Philippians 1.1-11

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Simon and Jude
Psalms 124, 125, 126
Deuteronomy 32.1-4
John 14.15-26

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in 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

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Simon and Jude

Almighty God,
who built your Church upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone:
so join us together in unity of spirit by their doctrine,
that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Simon and Jude, Apostles

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-28

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 28.14-16
Psalm 119.89-96
Ephesians 2.19-22
John 15.17-27

Third Service
Wisdom 5.1-16 or
Isaiah 45.18-end
Luke 6.12-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 116, 117

Second Service
1 Maccabees 2.42-66 or
Jeremiah 3.11-18
Jude 1-4, 17-end
Evening Psalm
Psalm 119.1-16

Collect

Almighty God,
who built your Church upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone:
so join us together in unity of spirit by their doctrine,
that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

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.

James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-29

Green / red

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 43.1-7
Psalm 124
1 Peter 3.14-18, 22
Matthew 10.28-39

Holy Communion
Romans 8.26-30
Psalm 13
Luke 13.22-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112
1 Maccabees 7.1-20 or
2 Chronicles 29.1-19
John 13.21-30

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.129-152
2 Kings 18.13-end
Philippians 2.1-13

Collect

Most merciful God,
who strengthened your Church by the steadfast courage
of your martyr James Hannington:
grant that we also,
thankfully remembering his victory of faith,
may overcome what is evil
and glorify your holy name;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-30

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 8.31-end
Psalm 109.20-26, 29-30
Luke 13.31-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 113, 115
1 Maccabees 7.21-end or
2 Chronicles 29.20-end
John 13.31-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 114, 116, 117
2 Kings 19.1-19
Philippians 2.14-end

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in 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

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-31

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 9.1-5
Psalm 147.13-end
Luke 14.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
1 Maccabees 9.1-22 or
2 Chronicles 30
John 14.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
2 Kings 19.20-36
Philippians 3.1 – 4.1

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of All Saints’ Day
Psalms 1, 5
Ecclesiasticus 44.1-15 or
Isaiah 40.27-31
Revelation 19.6-10

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in 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

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love 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.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated only on Sunday 2 November:

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-01

Green

Holy Communion
Romans 11.1-2, 11-12, 25-29
Psalm 94.14-19
Luke 14.1, 7-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 120, 121, 122
1 Maccabees 13.41-end, 14.4-15 or
2 Chronicles 32.1-22
John 14.15-end

Evening Prayer on the Eve of All Saints’ Sunday
Psalms 1, 5
Ecclesiasticus 44.1-15 or
Isaiah 40.27-31
Revelation 19.6-10

Collect

Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast
the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in 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

God of all grace,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love 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.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated on Saturday 1 November in addition to Sunday 2 November:

All Saints’ Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-01

Gold or White

Principal Service
Isaiah 56.3-8 or
2 Esdras 2.42-48
Psalm 33.1-5
Hebrews 12.18-24
Matthew 5.1-12

Third Service
Wisdom 5.1-16 or
Jeremiah 31.31-34
2 Corinthians 4.5-12
Morning Psalms
Psalms 111, 112, 117

Second Service
Isaiah 66.20-23
Colossians 1.9-14
Evening Psalm
Psalm 145

Collect

Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love 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, the source of all holiness and giver of all good things:
may we who have shared at this table
as strangers and pilgrims here on earth
be welcomed with all your saints
to the heavenly feast on the day of your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If All Saints’ Day is celebrated only on Saturday 1 November:

All Saints’ Day

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-11-01

Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
Daniel 7.1-3, 15-18
Psalm 149
Ephesians 1.11-23
Luke 6.20-31

Third Service
Isaiah 35
Luke 9.18-27
Morning Psalms
Psalms 15, 84, 149

Second Service
Isaiah 65.17-end
Hebrews 11.32 – 12.2
Evening Psalms
Psalms 148, 150

Collect

Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love 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, the source of all holiness and giver of all good things:
may we who have shared at this table
as strangers and pilgrims here on earth
be welcomed with all your saints
to the heavenly feast on the day of your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of 4 before Advent

Almighty and eternal God,
you have kindled the flame of love
in the hearts of the saints:
grant to us the same faith and power of love,
that, as we rejoice in their triumphs,
we may be sustained by their example and fellowship;
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.