Lectionary for Christmas Day I bring you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10-11 Collect. Almighty God and Father of light, a Child is born for us and a Son is givenContinue reading “Lectionary for Christmas Day”
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Lectionary for Advent 4 A
Lectionary for Advent 4 A A young woman is with child, and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 Collect. Let us pray (for grace to accept God’s will for us): Heavenly Father, who chose the Virgin Mary, full of grace, to be the mother of our Lord and Saviour: fillContinue reading “Lectionary for Advent 4 A”
Lectionary for Advent 3 A
Lectionary for Advent 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart: ‘Be strong, do not fear!’ Isaiah 35:3-4 Collect. Sustain us, Father, wih the power of your love on our journey to meet the One who is coming; strengthen our weak hands, makeContinue reading “Lectionary for Advent 3 A”
Lectionary for Advent 2 a
Lectionary for Advent 2 A voice cries out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ Matthew 3:3 Collect. Gracious Father,by whose tender compassion the light of Christ has dawned upon us: open our hearts, so that, joyfully receiving Christ, we may declare his glory to the ends of theContinue reading “Lectionary for Advent 2 a”
Lectionary for Advent 1
Lectionary for Advent 1 I rejoiced when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’ Come, people of Jacob, let us walk in the light of our God. Psalm 122:1; Isaiah 2:5 Collect. Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and putContinue reading “Lectionary for Advent 1”
Lectionary for Christ the King.
Lectionary for Christ the King Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible. Colossians 1:15-16 Collect. Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, our LordContinue reading “Lectionary for Christ the King.”
Lectionary for Pentecost 23
Lectionary for Pentecost 23 Stand upright and hold your heads high, because your liberation is near. Luke 21:28 Collect. Almighty God, whose sovereign purpose none can make void: give us faith to be steadfast amid the tumults of this world, knowing that your kingdom shall come and your will be done, to your eternal glory;Continue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 23”
Lectionary for Pentecost 22
Lectionary for Pentecost 22 O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvellous things. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. Psalm 98:1, 3 Collect. Let us pray (for health of mind and body): God of power and mercy, protect us from all harm. GiveContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 22”
Lectionary for Pentecost 21
Lectionary for Pentecost 21 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you, ‘Violence!’ and you will not save? Then the Lord answered me: Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. Habakkuk 1:2; 2:2, 4Continue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 21”
Lectionary for Pentecost 20
Lectionary for Pentecost 20 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. Psalm 65:5 Collect. Lord God of justice, You know no favourites and show no partiality, but you have given us assurance thatContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 20”
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