A.D. 1999 August 5
The Thursday in the Tenth Week After Pentecost
Proper 13
Collects
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 83 (optional) or Psalm 145
- II Samuel 11
- Acts 19:11–20
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 85; 86
- Judges 8:22–35 (optional)
- Mark 9:2–13
Liturgical Colours
Green
Eve of the Transfiguration
Collects
O God, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistening: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may by faith behold the King in his beauty; who with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Evening Prayer
Prefaces
Because in the mystery of the Word made flesh, thou hast caused a new light to shine in our hearts, to give the knowledge of thy glory in the face of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold