Category Archives: Prayers

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 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”

Lectionary for Pentecost 19 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.     2 Timothy 3:16 Collect. Almighty and everliving God, increase in us your gift of faith, that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to what is before, that we mayContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 19”

Lectionary for Pentecost 18. Make a joyful noise to God; say to God, How awesome are your deeds! All the earth worships you, they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name. Psalm 66:1, 3-4 Collect. Father in heaven, the hand of your loving kindness powerfully yet gently guides all the moments of ourContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 18”

Lectionary for Pentecost 17 God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Collect. Faithful God, have mercy on us your unworthy servants, and increase our faith; that, trusting your power to work in us and through us, we mayContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 17”

Lectionary for Pentecost 16 There is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for just as we brought nothing into the world, we can take nothing out of it. 1 Timothy 6:6-7 Collect. Father, you graciously strengthen and replenish all who wait upon you. Grant us your Holy Spirit, that, by gladly serving others, weContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 16”

Lectionary for Pentecost 14 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance,  that Christ Jesus came into the  world to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15 Collect. Gracious Father, by whose mercy we are redeemed and made worthy: grant us ever to remember that our righteousness consists not in ourselves but in the merits ofContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 14”

Lectionary reading for Pentecost 13 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.    Psalm 139:1-2, 4 Collect. Lord of the ages, you have called your Church to keep watchContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 13”

Lectionary reading for Pentecost 12 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and for ever.           Hebrews 13:8 Collect. O God, you call the poor and the sinful to take their place in the festive assembly of the new covenant. May your Church always honour the presence of the Lord in the humble andContinue reading “Lectionary for Pentecost 12”