A.D. 2017 September 28

The Thursday in the Sixteenth Week After Trinity

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 our Lord. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Table of Lessons (1922)

Morning Prayer

Psalm 132; 133; 134; 135
I Maccabees 1:1–19
Philippians 2:12–30

Evening Prayer

Psalm 136; 137; 138
I Maccabees 1:20–40
John 16:1–15

Liturgical Colours

Green

Eve of Saint Michael

Collects

O everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.