A.D. 2015 August 16

The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Proper 15

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

Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; 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 B

Proverbs 9:1–6
Psalm 147
Ephesians 5:3–14
John 6:53–59

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Psalm 111; 112
II Samuel 4
Romans 15

Evening Prayer

Psalm 113; 114
Hosea 14
John 14:15–31

Prefaces

Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who on the first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life.

Liturgical Colours

Green