What’s On

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Purple

Holy Communion
Malachi 3.1-4, 4.5-end
Psalm 25.3-9
Luke 1.57-66

Morning Prayer
Psalms 128, 129, 130, 131
Malachi 2.1-16
Matthew 19.13-15

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.1-37
Isaiah 54
2 Peter 1.16 – 2.3

Collect

God our redeemer,
who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the mother of your Son:
grant that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour,
so we may be ready to greet him
when he comes again as our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Heavenly Father,
who chose the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the mother of the promised saviour:
fill us your servants with your grace,
that in all things we may embrace your holy will
and with her rejoice in your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christmas Eve

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Purple

Morning Eucharist
2 Samuel 7.1-5, 8-11, 16
Psalm 89.2, 19-27
Acts 13.16-26
Luke 1.67-79

Morning Prayer
Psalms 45, 113
Malachi 2.17 – 3.12
Matthew 19.16-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 85
Zechariah 2
Revelation 1.1-8

Collect

Almighty God,
you make us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

At Evening Prayer the Collect for Christmas Night is used.

Eternal God,
who made this most holy night
to shine with the brightness of your one true light:
bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth,
to see the radiance of your heavenly 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

Eternal God, for whom we wait,
you have fed us with the bread of eternal life:
keep us ever watchful,
that we may be ready to stand before the Son of man,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christmas Day

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Gold or White

Principal Feast

Any of the following sets of readings may be used on Christmas Night and on Christmas Day. Set III should be used at some service during the celebration.

Principal Service
I
Isaiah 9.2-7
Psalm 96
Titus 2.11-14
Luke 2.1-14 [15-20]

II
Isaiah 62.6-end
Psalm 97
Titus 3.4-7
Luke 2.[1-7] 8-20

III
Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 98
Hebrews 1.1-4 [5-12]
John 1.1-14

Third Service
Isaiah 62.1-5
Matthew 1.18-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 110, 117

Second Service
Isaiah 65.17-end
Philippians 2.5-11 or
Luke 2.1-20 if it has not been used at the principal service of the day
Evening Psalm
Psalm 8

Collect

(Christmas Night)

Eternal God,
who made this most holy night
to shine with the brightness of your one true light:
bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth,
to see the radiance of your heavenly 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.

(Christmas Day)

Almighty God,
you have given us your only-begotten Son
to take our nature upon him
and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that we, who have been born again
and made your children by adoption and grace,
may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit;
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

(Christmas Night)

God our Father,
in this night you have made known to us again
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
confirm our faith and fix our eyes on him
until the day dawns
and Christ the Morning Star rises in our hearts.
To him be glory both now and for ever.

(Christmas Day)

God our Father,
whose Word has come among us
in the Holy Child of Bethlehem:
may the light of faith illumine our hearts
and shine in our words and deeds;
through him who is Christ the Lord.

Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr

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Red

Principal Service
2 Chronicles 24.20-22
Psalm 119.161-168
Acts 7.51-end
Matthew 10.17-22

(or)
Acts 7.51-end
Psalm 119.161-168
Galatians 2.16b-20
Matthew 10.17-22

Third Service
Jeremiah 26.12-15
Acts 6
Morning Psalms
Psalms 13, 31.1-8, 150.1-end

Second Service
Genesis 4.1-10
Matthew 23.34-end
Evening Psalms
Psalms 57, 86

Collect

Gracious Father,
who gave the first martyr Stephen
grace to pray for those who took up stones against him:
grant that in all our sufferings for the truth
we may learn to love even our enemies
and to seek forgiveness for those who desire our hurt,
looking up to heaven to him who was crucified for us,
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

Merciful Lord,
we thank you for the signs of your mercy
revealed in birth and death:
save us by the coming of your Son,
and give us joy in honouring Stephen,
first martyr of the new Israel;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John, Apostle and Evangelist

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White

Principal Service
Exodus 33.7-11a
Psalm 117
1 John 1
John 21.19b-end

Third Service
Exodus 33.12-end
1 John 2.1-11
Morning Psalms
Psalms 21, 147.13-end

Second Service
Isaiah 6.1-8
1 John 5.1-12
Evening Psalm
Psalm 97

Collect

Merciful Lord,
cast your bright beams of light upon the Church:
that, being enlightened by the teaching
of your blessed apostle and evangelist Saint John,
we may so walk in the light of your truth
that we may at last attain to the light of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ your incarnate 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

Grant, O Lord, we pray,
that the Word made flesh
proclaimed by your apostle John
may, by the celebration of these holy mysteries,
ever abide and live within us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Christmas 1

Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Festival of The Holy Innocents may be observed on Sunday 28 December or on Monday 29 December. If it is observed on Monday 29 December:

The First Sunday of Christmas

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White

Principal Service
Isaiah 63.7-9
Psalm 148*
Hebrews 2.10-end
Matthew 2.13-end

Third Service
Psalm 105.1-11
Isaiah 35.1-6
Galatians 3.23-end

Second Service
Psalm 132
Isaiah 49.7-13
Philippians 2.1-11
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 2.41-52

Collect

Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
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 blessed Son shared at Nazareth the life of an earthly home:
help your Church to live as one family,
united in love and obedience,
and bring us all at last to our home in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Festival of The Holy Innocents may be observed on Sunday 28 December or on Monday 29 December. If it is observed on Sunday 28 December:

The Holy Innocents

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Red

Principal Service
Jeremiah 31.15-17
Psalm 124
1 Corinthians 1.26-29
Matthew 2.13-18

Third Service
Baruch 4.21-27 or
Genesis 37.13-20
Matthew 18.1-10
Morning Psalms
Psalms 36, 146

Second Service
Isaiah 49.14-25
Mark 10.13-16
Evening Psalms
Psalms 123, 128

Collect

Heavenly Father,
whose children suffered at the hands of Herod,
though they had done no wrong:
by the suffering of your Son
and by the innocence of our lives
frustrate all evil designs
and establish your reign of justice and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord Jesus Christ,
in your humility you have stooped to share our human life
with the most defenceless of your children:
may we who have received these gifts of your passion
rejoice in celebrating the witness of the Holy Innocents
to the purity of your sacrifice
made once for all upon the cross;
for you are alive and reign, now and for ever.

The Festival of The Holy Innocents may be observed on Sunday 28 December or on Monday 29 December. If it is observed on Sunday 28 December:

Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170

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White / red

Holy Communion
1 John 2.3-11
Psalm 96.1-4
Luke 2.22-35

Morning Prayer
Psalms 19, 20
Jonah 1
Colossians 1.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 131, 132
Isaiah 57.15-end
John 1.1-18

Collect

Lord God,
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket
to put aside all earthly fear
and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem,
may fight all wrong,
uphold your rule,
and serve you to our life’s end;
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 Thomas Becket:
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 Thomas Becket:
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.

The Festival of The Holy Innocents may be observed on Sunday 28 December or on Monday 29 December. If it is observed on Monday 28 December:

The Holy Innocents

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-12-29

Red

Principal Service
Jeremiah 31.15-17
Psalm 124
1 Corinthians 1.26-29
Matthew 2.13-18

Third Service
Baruch 4.21-27 or
Genesis 37.13-20
Matthew 18.1-10
Morning Psalms
Psalms 36, 146

Second Service
Isaiah 49.14-25
Mark 10.13-16
Evening Psalms
Psalms 123, 128

Collect

Heavenly Father,
whose children suffered at the hands of Herod,
though they had done no wrong:
by the suffering of your Son
and by the innocence of our lives
frustrate all evil designs
and establish your reign of justice and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Lord Jesus Christ,
in your humility you have stooped to share our human life
with the most defenceless of your children:
may we who have received these gifts of your passion
rejoice in celebrating the witness of the Holy Innocents
to the purity of your sacrifice
made once for all upon the cross;
for you are alive and reign, now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-12-30

White

Holy Communion
1 John 2.12-17
Psalm 96.7-10
Luke 2.36-40

Morning Prayer
Psalms 111, 112, 113
Jonah 2
Colossians 1.15-23

Evening Prayer
Psalms 65, 84
Isaiah 59.1-15a
John 1.19-28

Collect

Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
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 blessed Son shared at Nazareth the life of an earthly home:
help your Church to live as one family,
united in love and obedience,
and bring us all at last to our home in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-12-31

White

Holy Communion
1 John 2.18-21
Psalm 96.1, 11-end
John 1.1-18

Morning Prayer
Psalm 102
Jonah 3-4
Colossians 1.24 – 2.7

Evening Prayer
Psalms 90, 148
Isaiah 59.15b-end
John 1.29-34

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Naming and Circumcision
Psalm 148
Jeremiah 23.1-6
Colossians 2.8-15

Collect

Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
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 blessed Son shared at Nazareth the life of an earthly home:
help your Church to live as one family,
united in love and obedience,
and bring us all at last to our home in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

Almighty God,
whose blessed Son was circumcised
in obedience to the law for our sake
and given the Name that is above every name:
give us grace faithfully to bear his Name,
to worship him in the freedom of the Spirit,
and to proclaim him as the Saviour of the world;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

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White

Principal Service
Numbers 6.22-end
Psalm 8
Galatians 4.4-7
Luke 2.15-21

Third Service
Genesis 17.1-13
Romans 2.17-end
Morning Psalms
Psalms 103, 150

Second Service
Deuteronomy 30.[1-10] 11-end
Acts 3.1-16
Evening Psalm
Psalm 115

Collect

Almighty God,
whose blessed Son was circumcised
in obedience to the law for our sake
and given the Name that is above every name:
give us grace faithfully to bear his Name,
to worship him in the freedom of the Spirit,
and to proclaim him as the Saviour of the world;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God,
whose incarnate Son was given the Name of Saviour:
grant that we who have shared
in this sacrament of our salvation
may live out our years in the power
of the Name above all other names,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833
Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945

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White / white

Holy Communion
1 John 2.22-28
Psalm 98.1-4
John 1.19-28

Morning Prayer
Psalm 18.1-30
Ruth 1
Colossians 2.8-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
Isaiah 60.1-12
John 1.35-42

Collect

Lord God,whose servants Basil and Gregory
proclaimed the mystery of your Word made flesh,
to build up your Church in wisdom and strength:
grant that we may rejoice in his presence among us,
and so be brought with them to know the power
of your unending love;
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 Basil and Gregory to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-03

White

Holy Communion
1 John 2.29 – 3.6
Psalm 98.2-7
John 1.29-34

Morning Prayer
Psalms 127, 128, 131
Ruth 2
Colossians 3.1-11

Evening Prayer
Psalms 2, 110
Isaiah 60.13-end
John 1.43-end

Or, if the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 4 January:
Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 49.1-13
John 4.7-26

Collect

Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
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 blessed Son shared at Nazareth the life of an earthly home:
help your Church to live as one family,
united in love and obedience,
and bring us all at last to our home in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Christmas 2

Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of Epiphany

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 Epiphany may be celebrated on Tuesday 6 January or on Sunday 4 January. If it is celebrated on Sunday 4 January

The Epiphany

Principal Feast

Principal Service
Isaiah 60.1-6
Psalm 72.[1-9] 10-15
Ephesians 3.1-12
Matthew 2.1-12

Third Service
Jeremiah 31.7-14
John 1.29-34
Morning Psalms
Psalms 132, 113

Second Service
Baruch 4.36 – end of 5 or
Isaiah 60.1-9
John 2.1-11
Evening Psalms
Psalms 98, 100

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Epiphany may be celebrated on Tuesday 6 January or on Sunday 4 January. If it is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January

The Second Sunday of Christmas

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White

Principal Service
Jeremiah 31.7-14
Psalm 147.13-end
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9] 10-18

(or)
Ecclesiasticus 24.1-12
Canticle: Wisdom of Solomon 10.15-end
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9] 10-18

Third Service
Psalm 87
Jeremiah 31.15-17
2 Corinthians 1.3-12

Second Service
Psalm 135*
Isaiah 41.21 – 42.4
Colossians 1.1-14
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 2.13-end

Collect

Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

All praise to you,
almighty God and heavenly king,
who sent your Son into the world
to take our nature upon him
and to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that, as we are born again in him,
so he may continually dwell in us
and reign on earth as he reigns in heaven,
now and for ever.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-05

White

The Epiphany may be celebrated on Tuesday 6 January or on Sunday 4 January. If it is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January

Holy Communion
1 John 3.11-21
Psalm 100
John 1.43-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 48
Ruth 4.1-17
Colossians 4.2-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 62
John 2.13-end

Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 49.1-13
John 4.7-26

Collect

Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

All praise to you,
almighty God and heavenly king,
who sent your Son into the world
to take our nature upon him
and to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that, as we are born again in him,
so he may continually dwell in us
and reign on earth as he reigns in heaven,
now and for ever.

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 4 January:

Holy Communion
1 John 3.22 – 4.6
Psalm 2.7-end
Matthew 4.12-17, 23-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 48 (or) 71
Ruth 3
Colossians 3.12 – 4.1

Evening Prayer
Psalms 96, 97 (or) 72, 75
Isaiah 61
John 2.1-12

Collect on the Eve of Epiphany

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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.

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Epiphany may be celebrated on Tuesday 6 January or on Sunday 4 January. If it is celebrated on Sunday 4 January

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-06

White

Holy Communion
1 John 4.7-10
Psalm 72.1-8
Mark 6.34-44

Morning Prayer
Psalm 89.1-37 (or) 73
Ruth 4.1-17
Colossians 4.2-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 85, 87 (or) 74
Isaiah 62
John 2.13-end

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Epiphany may be celebrated on Tuesday 6 January or on Sunday 4 January. If it is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January

The Epiphany

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Gold or White

Principal Feast

Principal Service
Isaiah 60.1-6
Psalm 72.[1-9] 10-15
Ephesians 3.1-12
Matthew 2.1-12

Third Service
Jeremiah 31.7-14
John 1.29-34
Morning Psalms
Psalms 132, 113

Second Service
Baruch 4.36 – end of 5 or
Isaiah 60.1-9
John 2.1-11
Evening Psalms
Psalms 98, 100

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-07

White

Holy Communion
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January:
1 John 3.22 – 4.6
Psalm 2.7-end
Matthew 4.12-17, 23-end

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 4 January:
1 John 4.11-18
Psalm 72.1, 10-13
Mark 6.45-52

Morning Prayer
Psalms 99, 147.1-12 (or) 77
Baruch 1.15 – 2.10 or
Jeremiah 23.1-8
Matthew 20.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 118 (or) 119.81-104
Isaiah 63.7-end
1 John 3

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-08

White

Holy Communion
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January:
1 John 4.7-10
Psalm 72.1-8
Mark 6.34-44

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 4 January:
1 John 4.19 – 5.4
Psalm 72.1, 17-end
Luke 4.14-22

Morning Prayer
Psalms 46, 147.13-end (or) 78.1-39*
Baruch 2.11-end or
Jeremiah 30.1-17
Matthew 20.17-28

Evening Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 78.40-end*
Isaiah 64
1 John 4.7-end

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-09

White

Holy Communion
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January:
1 John 4.11-18
Psalm 72.1, 10-13
Mark 6.45-52

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 4 January:
1 John 5.5-13
Psalm 147.13-end
Luke 5.12-16

Morning Prayer
Psalms 2, 148 (or) 55
Baruch 3.1-8 or
Jeremiah 30.18 – 31.9
Matthew 20.29-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 67, 72 (or) 69
Isaiah 65.1-16
1 John 5.1-12

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-10

White

Holy Communion
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Tuesday 6 January:
1 John 4.19 – 5.4
Psalm 72.1, 17-end
Luke 4.14-22

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 4 January:
1 John 5.14-end
Psalm 149.1-5
John 3.22-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 97, 149 (or) 76, 79
Baruch 3.9 – 4.4 or
Jeremiah 31.10-17
Matthew 23.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 27, 29 (or) 81, 84
Isaiah 65.17-end
1 John 5.13-end

or Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Baptism of Christ
Psalm 36
Isaiah 61
Titus 2.11-14; 3.4-7

Collect

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory 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 God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Baptism of Christ

Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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 Baptism of Christ
The First Sunday of Epiphany

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-11

Gold or White

Principal Service
Isaiah 42.1-9
Psalm 29
Acts 10.34-43
Matthew 3.13-end

Third Service
Psalm 89.19-29
Exodus 14.15-22
1 John 5.6-9

Second Service
Psalms 46, 47
Joshua 3.1-8, 14-end
Hebrews 1.1-12
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Luke 3.15-22

Collect

Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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 of all time and eternity,
you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father
in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son:
by the power of your Spirit
complete the heavenly work of our rebirth
through the waters of the new creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689

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

White / white

Holy Communion
DEL week 1
1 Samuel 1.1-8
Psalm 116.10-15
Mark 1.14-20

Morning Prayer
Psalms 2, 110 (or) 80, 82
Genesis 1.1-19
Matthew 21.1-17

Evening Prayer
Psalms 34, 36 (or) 85, 86
Amos 1
1 Corinthians 1.1-17

Collect

Almighty God,
who endowed Aelred the abbot
with the gift of Christian friendship
and the wisdom to lead others in the way of holiness:
grant to your people that same spirit of mutual affection,
so that, in loving one another,
we may know the love of Christ
and rejoice in the eternal possession
of your supreme goodness;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Aelred
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.

Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367
Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603
George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (the Quakers), 1691

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-13

White / white

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 1.9-20
Canticle: 1 Samuel 2.1, 4-8 or
Magnificat
Mark 1.21-28

Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 9 (or) 87, 89.1-18
Genesis 1.20 – 2.3
Matthew 21.18-32

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46 (or) 89.19-end
Amos 2
1 Corinthians 1.18-end

Collect

Everlasting God,
whose servant Hilary
steadfastly confessed your Son Jesus Christ
to be both human and divine:
grant us his gentle courtesy
to bring to all the message of redemption
in the incarnate 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 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 Hilary to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-14

White

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 3.1-10, 19-20
Psalm 40.1-4, 7-10
Mark 1.29-39

Morning Prayer
Psalms 19, 20 (or) 119.105-128
Genesis 2.4-end
Matthew 21.33-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 47, 48 (or) 91, 93
Amos 3
1 Corinthians 2

Collect

Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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 of all time and eternity,
you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father
in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son:
by the power of your Spirit
complete the heavenly work of our rebirth
through the waters of the new creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-15

White

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 4.1-11
Psalm 44.10-15, 24-25
Mark 1.40-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 21, 24 (or) 90, 92
Genesis 3
Matthew 22.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 61, 65 (or) 94
Amos 4
1 Corinthians 3

Collect

Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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 of all time and eternity,
you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father
in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son:
by the power of your Spirit
complete the heavenly work of our rebirth
through the waters of the new creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-16

White

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 8.4-7, 10-end
Psalm 89.15-18
Mark 2.1-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 67, 72 (or) 88, (95)
Genesis 4.1-16, 25-26
Matthew 22.15-33

Evening Prayer
Psalm 68 (or) 102
Amos 5.1-17
1 Corinthians 4

Collect

Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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 of all time and eternity,
you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father
in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son:
by the power of your Spirit
complete the heavenly work of our rebirth
through the waters of the new creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356
Charles Gore, Bishop, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-17

White / white

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 9.1-4, 17-19, 10.1a
Psalm 21.1-6
Mark 2.13-17

Morning Prayer
Psalms 29, 33 (or) 96, 97, 100
Genesis 6.1-10
Matthew 22.34-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 84, 85 (or) 104
Amos 5.18-end
1 Corinthians 5

Collect

Most gracious God,
who called your servant Antony to sell all that he had
and to serve you in the solitude of the desert:
by his example may we learn to deny ourselves
and to love you before all things;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Antony
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 Epiphany 2

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly 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.

The Second Sunday of Epiphany
First Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-18

White

Principal Service
Isaiah 49.1-7
Psalm 40.1-12
1 Corinthians 1.1-9
John 1.29-42

Third Service
Psalm 145.1-12
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Mark 1.14-20

Second Service
Psalm 96
Ezekiel 2.1 – 3.4
Galatians 1.11-24
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 1.43-end

Collect

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly 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 of glory,
you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
Second Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-19

White / white

Holy Communion
DEL week 2
1 Samuel 15.16-23
Psalm 50.8-10, 16-17, 24
Mark 2.18-22

Morning Prayer
Psalms 145, 146 (or) 98, 99, 101
Genesis 6.11 – 7.10
Matthew 24.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalm 71 (or) 105* (or 103)
Amos 6
1 Corinthians 6.1-11

Collect

Lord God,
who raised up Wulfstan to be a bishop among your people
and a leader of your Church:
help us, after his example,
to live simply,
to work diligently
and to make your kingdom known;
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 Wulfstan 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.

Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349
Third Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-20

White

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 16.1-13
Psalm 89.19-27
Mark 2.23-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 147.1-12 (or) 106* (or 103)
Genesis 7.11-end
Matthew 24.15-28

Evening Prayer
Psalms 89.1-37 (or) 107*
Amos 7
1 Corinthians 6.12-end

Collect

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly 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 of glory,
you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304
Fourth Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-21

White / red

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 17.32-33, 37, 40-51
Psalm 144.1-2, 9-10
Mark 3.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalms 81, 147.13-end (or) 110, 111, 112
Genesis 8.1-14
Matthew 24.29-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 97, 98 (or) 119.129-152
Amos 8
1 Corinthians 7.1-24

Collect

Eternal God, shepherd of your sheep,
whose child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness
in her living and her dying
to the true love of her redeemer:
grant us the power to understand, with all your saints,
what is the breadth and length and height and depth
and to know the love that surpasses knowledge,
even 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 Agnes:
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 Agnes:
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.

Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304
Fifth Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-01-22

White

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 18.6-9, 19.1-7
Psalm 56.1-2, 8-end
Mark 3.7-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 148 (or) 113, 115
Genesis 8.15 – 9.7
Matthew 25.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 99, 100, 111 (or) 114, 116, 117
Amos 9
1 Corinthians 7.25-end

Collect

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly 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 of glory,
you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.