What’s On

Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-14

Red or Green

Holy Communion
3 John 5-8
Psalm 112
Luke 18.1-8

Morning Prayer
Psalm 33 (or) 68
Daniel 7.15-end
Revelation 9.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 84, 86 (or) 65, 66
Isaiah 8.16 – 9.7
Matthew 6.19-end

Collect

Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of peace,
whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom
and restored the broken to wholeness of life:
look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power
make whole both people and nations;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Collect on the Eve of 2 before Advent

Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Second Sunday before Advent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-15

Red or Green

Sunday between 13 and 19 November inclusive

Principal Service
Zephaniah 1.7, 12-end
Psalm 90.1-8 [9-11] 12*
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Matthew 25.14-30

Third Service
Psalm 98
Daniel 10.19-end
Revelation 4

Second Service
Psalm 89.19-37*
1 Kings 1.15-40 (or 1-40)
Revelation 1.4-18
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 9.1-6

Collect

Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Gracious Lord,
in this holy sacrament
you give substance to our hope:
bring us at the last
to that fullness of life for which we long;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-16

Red or Green / white

Holy Communion
DEL week 33
Revelation 1.1-4; 2.1-5
Psalm 1
Luke 18.35-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 46, 47 (or) 71
Daniel 8.1-14
Revelation 10

Evening Prayer
Psalms 70, 71 (or) 72, 75
Isaiah 9.8 – 10.4
Matthew 7.1-12

Collect

God, the ruler of all,
who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne
and gave her zeal for your Church and love for your people
that she might advance your heavenly kingdom:
mercifully grant that we who commemorate her example
may be fruitful in good works
and attain to the glorious crown of your saints;
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 Margaret 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.

Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-17

Red or Green / white

Holy Communion
Revelation 3.1-6, 14-end
Psalm 15
Luke 19.1-10

Morning Prayer
Psalms 48, 52 (or) 73
Daniel 8.15-end
Revelation 11.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 67, 72 (or) 74
Isaiah 10.5-19
Matthew 7.13-end

Collect

O God,
who endowed your servant Hugh
with a wise and cheerful boldness
and taught him to commend to earthly rulers
the discipline of a holy life:
give us grace like him to be bold in the service of the gospel,
putting our confidence in Christ alone,
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 Hugh 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.

Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-18

Red or Green / white

Holy Communion
Revelation 4
Psalm 150
Luke 19.11-28

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57 (or) 77
Daniel 9.1-19
Revelation 11.15-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 119.81-104
Isaiah 10.20-32
Matthew 8.1-13

Collect

Lord God,
who taught Elizabeth of Hungary
to recognize and reverence Christ in the poor of this world:
by her example
strengthen us to love and serve the afflicted and the needy
and so to honour your Son, the servant king,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Faithful God,
who called Elizabeth of Hungary to serve you
and gave her joy in walking the path of holiness:
by this eucharist
in which you renew within us the vision of your glory,
strengthen us all to follow the way of perfection
until we come to see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-19

Red or Green / white

Holy Communion
Revelation 5.1-10
Psalm 149.1-5
Luke 19.41-44

Morning Prayer
Psalms 61, 62 (or) 78.1-39*
Daniel 9.20-end
Revelation 12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 74, 76 (or) 78.40-end*
Isaiah 10.33 – 11.9
Matthew 8.14-22

Collect

Eternal God,
who made the abbess Hilda to shine like a jewel in our land
and through her holiness and leadership
blessed your Church with new life and unity:
help us, like her, to yearn for the gospel of Christ
and to reconcile those who are divided;
through him 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 Hilda
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.

Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-20

Red or Green / red

Holy Communion
Revelation 10.8-11
Psalm 119.65-72
Luke 19.45-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 63, 65 (or) 55
Daniel 10.1 – 11.1
Revelation 13.1-10

Evening Prayer
Psalm 77 (or) 69
Isaiah 11.10 – end of 12
Matthew 8.23-end

Collect

Eternal God,
whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end,
both with you and with his people,
and glorified you by his death:
grant us such steadfastness of faith
that, with the noble army of martyrs,
we may come to enjoy the fullness of the resurrection 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

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Edmund:
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.

(or)

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-21

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 11.4-12
Psalm 144.1-9
Luke 20.27-40

Morning Prayer
Psalms 78.1-39 (or) 76, 79
Daniel 12
Revelation 13.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 78.40-end (or) 81, 84
Isaiah 13.1-13
Matthew 9.1-17

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Christ the King
Psalms 99, 100
Isaiah 10.33 – 11.9
1 Timothy 6.11-16

Collect

Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Gracious Lord,
in this holy sacrament
you give substance to our hope:
bring us at the last
to that fullness of life for which we long;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Collect on the Eve of Christ the King

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Christ the King
The Sunday next before Advent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-22

Red or White

Sunday between 20 and 26 November inclusive

Principal Service
Ezekiel 34.11-16, 20-24
Psalm 95.1-7
Ephesians 1.15-end
Matthew 25.31-end

Third Service
Isaiah 4.2 – 5.7
Luke 19.29-38
Morning Psalms
Psalms 29, 110

Second Service
2 Samuel 23.1-7 or
1 Maccabees 2.15-29
Matthew 28.16-end
Evening Psalms
Psalms 93 [97]

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-23

Red or Green / red

Holy Communion
DEL week 34
Revelation 14.1-5
Psalm 24.1-6
Luke 21.1-4

Morning Prayer
Psalms 92, 96 (or) 80, 82
Isaiah 40.1-11
Revelation 14.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 80, 81 (or) 85, 86
Isaiah 14.3-20
Matthew 9.18-34

Collect

Creator and Father of eternity,
whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood
to the love he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached:
give us thankful hearts as we celebrate your faithfulness,
revealed to us in the lives of your saints,
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage as we follow 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

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Clement:
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.

(or)

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

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-24

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 14.14-19
Psalm 96
Luke 21.5-11

Morning Prayer
Psalms 97, 98, 100 (or) 87, 89.1-18
Isaiah 40.12-26
Revelation 14.14 – end of 15

Evening Prayer
Psalms 99, 101 (or) 89.19-end
Isaiah 17
Matthew 9.35 – 10.15

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century
Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-25

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 15.1-4
Psalm 98
Luke 21.12-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 110, 111, 112 (or) 119.105-128
Isaiah 40.27 – 41.7
Revelation 16.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 121, 122, 123, 124 (or) 91, 93
Isaiah 19
Matthew 10.16-33

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-26

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 18.1-2, 21-23, 19.1-3, 9
Psalm 100
Luke 21.20-28

Morning Prayer
Psalms 125, 126, 127, 128 (or) 90, 92
Isaiah 41.8-20
Revelation 16.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 131, 132, 133 (or) 94
Isaiah 21.1-12
Matthew 10.34 – 11.1

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-27

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 20.1-4, 11 – 21.2
Psalm 84.1-6
Luke 21.29-33

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139 (or) 88, (95)
Isaiah 41.21 – 42.9
Revelation 17

Evening Prayer
Psalms 146, 147 (or) 102
Isaiah 22.1-14
Matthew 11.2-19

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-28

Red or Green

Holy Communion
Revelation 22.1-7
Psalm 95.1-7
Luke 21.34-36

Morning Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 96, 97, 100
Isaiah 42.10-17
Revelation 18

Evening Prayer
Psalms 148, 149, 150 (or) 104
Isaiah 24
Matthew 11.20-end

Collect

Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This Post Communion may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week.

Collect on the Eve of Advent 1

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Common Worship Almanac and Lectionary
for the year beginning Advent Sunday 2026

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Simon Kershaw June 2025

version 2027-0.0
24 September 2025
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The First Sunday of Advent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-29

Purple

Principal Service
Isaiah 64.1-9
Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20*
1 Corinthians 1.3-9
Mark 13.24-37

Third Service
Psalm 44
Isaiah 2.1-5
Luke 12.35-48

Second Service
Psalm 25*
Isaiah 1.1-20
Matthew 21.1-13

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Andrew
Psalm 48
Isaiah 49.1-9a
1 Corinthians 4.9-16

Collect

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

O Lord our God,
make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son our Lord;
that, when he shall appear,
he may not find us sleeping in sin
but active in his service
and joyful in his praise;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Common Worship Almanac and Lectionary
for the year beginning Advent Sunday 2026

Compiled by Simon Kershaw October 2026
from the Common Worship Calendar and Lectionaries
using Almanac Maker

compilation (c) Simon Kershaw 2026
Almanac Maker (c) Simon Kershaw 2010-2026

The Revised Common Lectionary is copyright (c) the Consultation on Common Texts 1992.

The Daily Eucharistic Lectionary is adapted from the Ordo Lectionum Missae of the Roman Catholic Church, reproduced by permission of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy.

Adaptations and additions to the RCL and the DEL, together with Second and Third Service lectionaries and the Weekday Lectionary for Morning and Evening Prayer are copyright (c) the Archbishops’ Council 1997-2010.

The Additional Weekday Lectionary is copyright (c) the Archbishops’ Council 2010.

A Lectionary and Additional Collects for Holy Communion [BCP] originates in the 1928 BCP and the BCP according to the use of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (1960) and was authorized in the Church of England in 1965.

version 2027-1.1
20 Octobert 2026
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Andrew the Apostle

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-11-30

Red

Principal Service
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 19.1-6
Romans 10.12-18
Matthew 4.18-22

Third Service
Ezekiel 47.1-12 or
Ecclesiasticus 14.20-end
John 12.20-32
Morning Psalms
Psalms 47, 147.1-12

Second Service
Zechariah 8.20-end
John 1.35-42
Evening Psalms
Psalms 87, 96

Collect

Almighty God,
who gave such grace to your apostle Saint Andrew
that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ
and brought his brother with him:
call us by your holy word,
and give us grace to follow you without delay
and to tell the good news of your 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

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.

Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-12-01

Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 11.1-10
Psalm 72.1-4, 18, 19
Luke 10.21-24

Morning Prayer
Psalms 80, 82 (or) 5, 6, (8)
Isaiah 43.1-13
Revelation 20

Evening Prayer
Psalms 74, 75 (or) 9, 10*
Isaiah 26.1-13
Matthew 12.22-37

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-12-02

Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 25.6-10a
Psalm 23
Matthew 15.29-37

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 7 (or) 119.1-32
Isaiah 43.14-end
Revelation 21.1-8

Evening Prayer
Psalms 76, 77 (or) 11, 12, 13
Isaiah 28.1-13
Matthew 12.38-end

Francis Xavier, Missionary, Apostle of the Indies, 1552

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-12-03

Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 26.1-6
Psalm 118.18-27a
Matthew 7.21, 24-27

Morning Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 14, 15, 16
Isaiah 44.1-8
Revelation 21.9-21

Evening Prayer
Psalms 40, 46 (or) 18*
Isaiah 28.14-end
Matthew 13.1-23

John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749
Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-12-04

Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 29.17-end
Psalm 27.1-4, 16 17
Matthew 9.27-31

Morning Prayer
Psalms 25, 26 (or) 17, 19
Isaiah 44.9-23
Revelation 21.22 – 22.5

Evening Prayer
Psalms 16, 17 (or) 22
Isaiah 29.1-14
Matthew 13.24-43

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Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 30.19-21, 23-26
Psalm 146.4-9
Matthew 9.35 – 10.1, 6-8

Morning Prayer
Psalms 9, (10) (or) 20, 21, 23
Isaiah 44.24 – 45.13
Revelation 22.6-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 27, 28 (or) 24, 25
Isaiah 29.15-end
Matthew 13.44-end

The Second Sunday of Advent

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-12-06

Purple

Principal Service
Isaiah 40.1-11
Psalm 85.1, 2, 8-end*
2 Peter 3.8-15a
Mark 1.1-8

Third Service
Psalm 80
Baruch 5.1-9 or
Zephaniah 3.14-end
Luke 1.5-20

Second Service
Psalm 40*
1 Kings 22.1-28
Romans 15.4-13
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 11.2-11

Collect

O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Father in heaven,
who sent your Son to redeem the world
and will send him again to be our judge:
give us grace so to imitate him
in the humility and purity of his first coming
that, when he comes again,
we may be ready to greet him
with joyful love and firm faith;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-12-07

Purple / white

Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 41.9b-13
Psalm 20.1-6
2 Corinthians 5.16-21
Luke 22.24-30

Holy Communion
Isaiah 35
Psalm 85.7-end
Luke 5.17-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 44 (or) 27, 30
Isaiah 45.14-end
1 Thessalonians 1

Evening Prayer
Psalms 144, 146 (or) 26, 28, 29
Isaiah 30.1-18
Matthew 14.1-12

Collect

God of hosts,
who called Ambrose from the governor’s throne
to be a bishop in your Church
and an intrepid champion of your faithful people:
mercifully grant that, as he did not fear to rebuke rulers,
so we, with like courage,
may contend for the faith we have received;
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 Ambrose to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Purple / white

Exciting Holiness
Genesis 3.9-15, 20
Psalm 97.1, 2, 8-end
Ephesians 1.3-6, 11, 12
Luke 1.26-38

Holy Communion
Isaiah 40.1-11
Psalm 96.1, 10-end
Matthew 18.12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 56, 57 (or) 32, 36
Isaiah 46
1 Thessalonians 2.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 11, 12, 13 (or) 33
Isaiah 30.19-end
Matthew 14.13-end

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
who stooped to raise fallen humanity
through the child-bearing of blessed Mary:
grant that we, who have seen your glory
revealed in our human nature
and your love made perfect in our weakness,
may daily be renewed in your image
and conformed to the pattern of your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God most high,
whose handmaid bore the Word made flesh:
we thank you that in this sacrament of our redemption
you visit us with your Holy Spirit
and overshadow us by your power;
strengthen us to walk with Mary the joyful path of obedience
and so to bring forth the fruits of holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 40.25-end
Psalm 103.8-13
Matthew 11.28-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 62, 63 (or) 34
Isaiah 47
1 Thessalonians 2.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 10, 14 (or) 119.33-56
Isaiah 31
Matthew 15.1-20

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-end 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

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Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 41.13-20
Psalm 145.1, 8-13
Matthew 11.11-15

Morning Prayer
Psalms 53, 54, 60 (or) 37*
Isaiah 48.1-11
1 Thessalonians 3

Evening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 39, 40
Isaiah 32
Matthew 15.21-28

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Purple

Holy Communion
Isaiah 48.17-19
Psalm 1
Matthew 11.16-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 85, 86 (or) 31
Isaiah 48.12-end
1 Thessalonians 4.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 82, 90 (or) 35
Isaiah 33.1-22
Matthew 15.29-end

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-end 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

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Purple

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 48.1-4, 9-11 or
2 Kings 2.9-12
Psalm 80.1-4, 18, 19
Matthew 17.10-13

Morning Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 41, 42, 43
Isaiah 49.1-13
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 93, 94 (or) 45, 46
Isaiah 35
Matthew 16.1-12

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-end 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

The Third Sunday of Advent

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Purple

Principal Service
Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-end
Psalm 126 or
Canticle: Magnificat
1 Thessalonians 5.16-24
John 1.6-8, 19-28

Third Service
Psalms 50.1-6, 62
Isaiah 12
Luke 1.57-66

Second Service
Psalm 68.1-19*
Malachi 3.1-4; 4
Philippians 4.4-7
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 14.1-12

Collect

O Lord Jesus Christ,
who at your first coming sent your messenger
to prepare your way before you:
grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries
may likewise so prepare and make ready your way
by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
that at your second coming to judge the world
we may be found an acceptable people in your sight;
for you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We give you thanks, O Lord, for these heavenly gifts;
kindle in us the fire of your Spirit
that when your Christ comes again
we may shine as lights before his face;
who is alive and reigns now and for ever.