A.D. 1981 November 22

The Last Sunday After Pentecost (Christ the King)

Proper 29

Francisco de Zurbarán, *Agnus Dei*, c. 1635–c. 1640, Museum of the Prado, Madrid.

Acclamations

Celebrant: Blessed be God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Collects

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; 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 A

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

Through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords; for thou hast seated him at thy right hand in glory, and put all things in subjection under his feet, that he may present them to thee, O Father, perfectly restored in beauty, truth, and love.