A.D. 2025 June 8

Whitsunday (Pentecost)

Giotto di Bondone, *Pentecost*, c. 1304–c. 1306, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.

Collects

God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

Lessons

Epistles and Gospels

Acts 2:1–11
John 14:15–31a

Revised Table of Lessons (1922)

Morning Prayer

Psalm 38; 39; 40
Joel 2:28–32
Romans 8:1–17

Evening Prayer

Psalm 41; 42; 43
Isaiah 11:1–9 or Ezekiel 36:22–36
Romans 8:18–39 or Galatians 5:13–26

Liturgical Colours

Red

References

“Pentecost” at Wikipedia
“Whitsun” at Wikipedia
“Pentecost” at An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church
“Whitsunday” at An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church