A.D. 1961 November 23
The Thursday in the Twenty-Sixth Week After Pentecost
Proper 28
Collects
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people, that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded when our Savior Jesus Christ cometh to restore all things; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 61; 62
- Sirach 1
- Acts 20:1–16
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Green
Clement, Bishop of Rome and Martyr, c. 100
Liturgical Colours
Red
References
Thanksgiving Day (United States)
Acclamations
Celebrant: Worthy is the Lord our God;
People: To receive glory and honor and power.
Collects
O most merciful Father, we humbly thank thee for all thy gifts so freely bestowed upon us: for life and health and safety, for power to work and leisure to rest, for all that is beautiful in creation and in the lives of men; but above all we thank thee for our spiritual mercies in Christ Jesus 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 B
Prefaces
Who, with thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord, in Trinity of Persons and in Unity of Substance. For that which we believe of thy glory, O Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference of inequality.
or
Because the wonders of thy Creation reflect thy goodness and beauty, and thy gifts of sun and rain, seed-time and harvest manifest thy continual care and love for all that thou hast made.
Liturgical Colours
Green