A.D. 2026 September 19
The Saturday 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 95; 96; 97
- I Maccabees 2:29–48
- Philippians 4
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 98; 99; 100; 101
- I Maccabees 2:49–70
- John 17
Liturgical Colours
Green
Eve of Saint Matthew
Collects
O almighty God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist: Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Table of Lessons (1922)
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Red
Ember Day
Liturgical Colours
Purple