The Second Sunday before Lent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-02-23

Green

Principal Service
Genesis 2.4b-9, 15-end
Psalm 65
Revelation 4
Luke 8.22-25

Third Service
Psalm 104.1-26
Job 28.1-11
Acts 14.8-17

Second Service
Psalm 147*
Genesis 1.1 – 2.3
Matthew 6.25-34

Collect

Almighty God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
by your gift
the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-02-24

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 7
Ecclesiasticus 1.1-10 or
James 1.1-11
Psalm 93 or
119.65-72
Mark 9.14-29

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71
Ecclesiastes 7.1-14
John 19.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalms 72, 75
Genesis 29.31 – 30.24
2 Timothy 4.1-8

Collect

Almighty God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
by your gift
the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-02-25

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 2.1-11 or
James 1.12-18
Psalm 37.3-6, 27-28 or
94.12-18
Mark 9.30-37

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
Ecclesiastes 7.15-end
John 19.17-30

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
Genesis 31.1-24
2 Timothy 4.9-end

Collect

Almighty God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
by your gift
the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-02-26

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 4.11-19 or
James 1.19-end
Psalm 119.161-168 or
15
Mark 9.38-40

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77
Ecclesiastes 8
John 19.31-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 119.81-104
Genesis 31.25 – 32.2
Titus 1

Collect

Almighty God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
by your gift
the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-02-27

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Malachi 2.5-7
Psalm 1.1a, 2, 3
Revelation 19.5-9
Matthew 11.25-end

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 5.1-8 or
James 2.1-9
Psalm 1 or
34.1-7
Mark 9.41-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 78.1-39*
Ecclesiastes 9
John 20.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalm 78.40-end*
Genesis 32.3-30
Titus 2

Collect

King of glory, king of peace,
who called your servant George Herbert
from the pursuit of worldly honours
to be a priest in the temple of his God and king:
grant us also the grace to offer ourselves
with singleness of heart in humble obedience to your 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

God, shepherd of your people,
whose servant George Herbert revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-02-28

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 6.5-17 or
James 2.14-24, 26
Psalm 119.19-24 or
112
Mark 10.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
Ecclesiastes 11.1-8
John 20.11-18

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
Genesis 33.1-17
Titus 3

Collect

Almighty God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our creator,
by your gift
the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-01

Green / white

Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 15.1-6
Psalm 16.1, 2, 4-7
1 Thessalonians 2.2-12
Matthew 16.24-27

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 17.1-15 or
James 3.1-10
Psalm 103.13-18 or
12.1-7
Mark 10.13-16

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
Ecclesiastes 11.9 – end of 12
John 20.19-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
Genesis 35
Philemon

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant David
to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries
for the people of Wales:
in your mercy, grant that,
following his purity of life and zeal for the gospel of Christ,
we may with him receive the crown of everlasting life;
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, shepherd of your people,
whose servant David revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of the Sunday before Lent

Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Sunday next before Lent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-02

Green

Principal Service
Exodus 34.29-end
Psalm 99
2 Corinthians 3.12 – 4.2
Luke 9.28-36 [37-43a]

Third Service
Psalm 2
Exodus 33.17-23
1 John 3.1-3

Second Service
Psalm 89.1-18*
Exodus 3.1-6
John 12.27-36a

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
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.

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

Green

Holy Communion
DEL week 8
Ecclesiasticus 17.24-29 or
James 3.13-end
Psalm 32.1-8 or
19.7-end
Mark 10.17-27

Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82
Jeremiah 1
John 3.1-21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 85, 86
Genesis 37.1-11
Galatians 1

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
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.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-04

Green

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 35.1-12 or
James 4.1-10
Psalm 50.1-6 or
55.7-9, 24
Mark 10.28-31

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
Jeremiah 2.1-13
John 3.22-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
Genesis 37.12-end
Galatians 2.1-10

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
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.

Ash Wednesday

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

Purple or Lent array

Principal Holy Day

Principal Service
Joel 2.1-2, 12-17 or
Isaiah 58.1-12
Psalm 51.1-18
2 Corinthians 5.20b – 6.10
Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21 or
John 8.1-11

Third Service
Daniel 9.3-6, 17-19
1 Timothy 6.6-19
Morning Psalm
Psalm 38

Second Service
Isaiah 1.10-18
Luke 15.11-32
Evening Psalm
Psalm 51 or 102*

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you hate nothing that you have made
and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent:
create and make in us new and contrite hearts
that we, worthily lamenting our sins
and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may receive from you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
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 given your only Son to be for us
both a sacrifice for sin
and also an example of godly life:
give us grace
that we may always most thankfully receive
these his inestimable gifts,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-06

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 30.15-end
Psalm 1
Luke 9.22-25

Morning Prayer
Psalm 77 (or) 90, 92
Jeremiah 2.14-32
John 4.1-26

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74 (or) 94
Genesis 39
Galatians 2.11-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
you hate nothing that you have made
and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent:
create and make in us new and contrite hearts
that we, worthily lamenting our sins
and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may receive from you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
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 given your only Son to be for us
both a sacrifice for sin
and also an example of godly life:
give us grace
that we may always most thankfully receive
these his inestimable gifts,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-07

Purple or Lent array / red

Exciting Holiness
Song of Songs 8.6, 7
Psalm 54.1-4, 6
Revelation 12.10-12a
Matthew 24.9-13

Holy Communion
Isaiah 58.1-9a
Psalm 51.1-5, 17-18
Matthew 9.14-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 3, 7 (or) 88, (95)
Jeremiah 3.6-22
John 4.27-42

Evening Prayer
Psalm 31 (or) 102
Genesis 40
Galatians 3.1-14

Collect

Holy God,
who gave great courage to Perpetua, Felicity and their companions:
grant that we may be worthy to climb the ladder of sacrifice
and be received into the garden of 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

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyrs Perpetua, Felicity and their companions:
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 martyrs Perpetua, Felicity and their companions:
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.

Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910
Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929

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

Purple or Lent array / white

Exciting Holiness
Ezekiel 34.11-16
Psalm 111.1-4, 9, 10
Hebrews 13.1-8
Matthew 5.10-12

Holy Communion
Isaiah 58.9b-end
Psalm 86.1-7
Luke 5.27-32

Morning Prayer
Psalm 71 (or) 96, 97, 100
Jeremiah 4.1-18
John 4.43-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 104
Genesis 41.1-24
Galatians 3.15-22

Collect

God of peace,
who gave such grace to your servant Edward King
that whomever he met he drew to Christ:
fill us, we pray, with tender sympathy and joyful faith,
that we also may win others
to know the love that passes knowledge;
through him who is the shepherd and guardian of our souls,
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, shepherd of your people,
whose servant Edward King revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Lent 1

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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 First Sunday of Lent

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

Purple or Lent array

Principal Service
Deuteronomy 26.1-11
Psalm 91.1-2, 9-16*
Romans 10.8b-13
Luke 4.1-13

Third Service
Psalm 50.1-15
Micah 6.1-8
Luke 5.27-39

Second Service
Psalm 119.73-88
Jonah 3
Luke 18.9-14

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
Psalm 19.7-end
Matthew 25.31-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 10, 11 (or) 98, 99, 101
Jeremiah 4.19-end
John 5.1-18

Evening Prayer
Psalms 12, 13, 14 (or) 105* (or 103)
Genesis 41.25-45
Galatians 3.23 – 4.7

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-11

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Isaiah 55.10-11
Psalm 34.4-6, 21-22
Matthew 6.7-15

Morning Prayer
Psalm 44 (or) 106* (or 103)
Jeremiah 5.1-19
John 5.19-29

Evening Prayer
Psalms 46, 49 (or) 107*
Genesis 41.46 – 42.5
Galatians 4.8-20

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-12

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Jonah 3
Psalm 51.1-5, 17-18
Luke 11.29-32

Morning Prayer
Psalms 6, 17 (or) 110, 111, 112
Jeremiah 5.20-end
John 5.30-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 9, 28 (or) 119.129-152
Genesis 42.6-17
Galatians 4.21 – 5.1

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-12 or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
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.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise 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

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-13

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Esther 14.1-5, 12-14 or
Isaiah 55.6-9
Psalm 138
Matthew 7.7-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 113, 115
Jeremiah 6.9-21
John 6.1-15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 137, 138, 142 (or) 114, 116, 117
Genesis 42.18-28
Galatians 5.2-15

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-14

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 18.21-28
Psalm 130
Matthew 5.20-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 22 (or) 139
Jeremiah 6.22-end
John 6.16-27

Evening Prayer
Psalms 54, 55 (or) 130, 131, 137
Genesis 42.29-end
Galatians 5.16-end

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-12 or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
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.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise 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

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-15

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 26.16-end
Psalm 119.1-8
Matthew 5.43-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 59, 63 (or) 120, 121, 122
Jeremiah 7.1-20
John 6.27-40

Evening Prayer
Psalms 4, 16 (or) 118
Genesis 43.1-15
Galatians 6

Collect

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
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,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Lent 2

Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth,
that they may return to the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion,
that they may reject those things
that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Ember Day

The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
Numbers 27.15-end or
1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
Isaiah 6.1-8 or
Isaiah 61.1-3 or
Jeremiah 1.4-10

Psalm 40.8-13 or
Psalm 84.8-12 or
Psalm 89.19-25 or
Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
Psalm 122

Acts 20.28-35 or
1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
Ephesians 4.4-16 or
Philippians 3.7-14

Luke 4.16-21 or
Luke 12.35-43 or
Luke 22.24-27 or
John 4.31-38 or
John 15.5-17

Collect

for the ministry of all Christian people

Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
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.

or for those to be ordained

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

or for vocations

Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise 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

Heavenly Father,
whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
strengthen us who have received this holy food
to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
through him who came not to be served but to serve,
and give his life as a ransom for many,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord of the harvest,
you have fed your people in this sacrament
with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Second Sunday of Lent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-16

Purple or Lent array

Principal Service
Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18
Psalm 27
Philippians 3.17 – 4.1
Luke 13.31-35

Third Service
Psalm 119.161-176
Genesis 17.1-7, 15, 16
Romans 11.13-24

Second Service
Psalm 135*
Jeremiah 22.1-9, 13-17
Luke 14.27-33

Collect

Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth,
that they may return to the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion,
that they may reject those things
that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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 see that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves:
keep us both outwardly in our bodies,
and inwardly in our souls;
that we may be defended from all adversities
which may happen to the body,
and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-17

Purple or Lent array / white

Exciting Holiness
Deuteronomy 32.1-9 or
Tobit 13.1b-7
Psalm 145.1-13
2 Corinthians 4.1-12
Matthew 10.16-23 or
John 4.31-38

Holy Communion
Daniel 9.4-10
Psalm 79.8-9, 12, 14
Luke 6.36-38

Morning Prayer
Psalms 26, 32 (or) 123, 124, 125, 126
Jeremiah 7.21-end
John 6.41-51

Evening Prayer
Psalms 70, 74 (or) 127, 128, 129
Genesis 43.16-end
Hebrews 1

Collect

Almighty God,
who in your providence chose your servant Patrick
to be the apostle of the Irish people:
keep alive in us the fire of the faith he kindled
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage
towards the light of everlasting life;
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 Patrick and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-18

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Isaiah 1.10, 16-20
Psalm 50.8, 16-end
Matthew 23.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 50 (or) 132, 133
Jeremiah 8.1-15
John 6.52-59

Evening Prayer
Psalms 52, 53, 54 (or) (134), 135
Genesis 44.1-17
Hebrews 2.1-9

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Joseph of Nazareth
Psalm 132
Hosea 11.1-9
Luke 2.41-52

Collect

Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth,
that they may return to the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion,
that they may reject those things
that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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 see that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves:
keep us both outwardly in our bodies,
and inwardly in our souls;
that we may be defended from all adversities
which may happen to the body,
and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Joseph of Nazareth

God our Father,
who from the family of your servant David
raised up Joseph the carpenter
to be the guardian of your incarnate Son
and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
give us grace to follow him
in faithful obedience to your commands;
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.

Joseph of Nazareth

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-19

White

Principal Service
2 Samuel 7.4-16
Psalm 89.26-36
Romans 4.13-18
Matthew 1.18-25

Third Service
Isaiah 11.1-10
Matthew 13.54-58
Morning Psalms
Psalms 25, 147.1-12

Second Service
Genesis 50.22-26
Matthew 2.13-23
Evening Psalms
Psalms 1, 112

Collect

God our Father,
who from the family of your servant David
raised up Joseph the carpenter
to be the guardian of your incarnate Son
and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
give us grace to follow him
in faithful obedience to your commands;
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

Heavenly Father,
whose Son grew in wisdom and stature
in the home of Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth
and on the wood of the cross
perfected the work of the world’s salvation:
help us, strengthened by this sacrament of his passion,
to count the wisdom of the world as foolishness,
and to walk with him in simplicity and trust;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-20

Purple or Lent array / white

Exciting Holiness
Ezekiel 34.11-16
Psalm 23
2 Corinthians 6.1-10
Matthew 18.12-14

Holy Communion
Jeremiah 17.5-10
Psalm 1
Luke 16.19-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 34 (or) 143, 146
Jeremiah 9.12-24
John 7.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 71 (or) 138, 140, 141
Genesis 45.1-15
Hebrews 3.1-6

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant Cuthbert from following the flock
to follow your Son and to be a shepherd of your people:
in your mercy, grant that we, following his example,
may bring those who are lost home to your fold;
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 Cuthbert and all your saints
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-03-21

Purple or Lent array / red

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 43.1-3a
Psalm 119.169-176
2 Timothy 2.8-15
John 10.11-15

Holy Communion
Genesis 37.3-4, 12-13, 17-28
Psalm 105.16-22
Matthew 21.33-43, 45-46

Morning Prayer
Psalms 40, 41 (or) 142, 144
Jeremiah 10.1-16
John 7.14-24

Evening Prayer
Psalms 6, 38 (or) 145
Genesis 45.16-end
Hebrews 3.7-end

Collect

Father of all mercies,
who through the work of your servant Thomas Cranmer
renewed the worship of your Church
and through his death revealed your strength in human weakness:
by your grace strengthen us to worship you
in spirit and in truth
and so to come to the joys of your everlasting kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Advocate,
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 Thomas Cranmer:
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 Thomas Cranmer:
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/2025-03-22

Purple or Lent array

Holy Communion
Micah 7.14-15, 18-20
Psalm 103.1-4, 9-12
Luke 15.1-3, 11-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 3, 25 (or) 147
Jeremiah 10.17-24
John 7.25-36

Evening Prayer
Psalms 23, 27 (or) 148, 149, 150
Genesis 46.1-7, 28-end
Hebrews 4.1-13

Collect

Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth,
that they may return to the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion,
that they may reject those things
that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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 see that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves:
keep us both outwardly in our bodies,
and inwardly in our souls;
that we may be defended from all adversities
which may happen to the body,
and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Lent 3

Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life 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.