A.D. 1959 February 1

The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany (World Mission Sunday)

The collect, psalms and lessons for World Mission Sunday may be substituted for any Sunday of Epiphany except the first or last.

Acclamations

Celebrant: I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles:
People: That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Collects

O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Almighty God, who through the outpouring of the Holy Ghost didst reveal the way of eternal life to every race and nation: Pour out this gift anew, that by the preaching of the Gospel thy salvation may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Lessons

Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year C

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, in substance of our mortal flesh, manifested forth his glory; that he might bring us out of darkness into his own glorious light.