A.D. 2002 September 22

The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Proper 20

Collects

Grant us, O Lord, not to mind earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to cleave to those that shall abide; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year A

Semicontinuous Series

Complementary Series

Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two

Morning Prayer

Psalm 93; 96
Esther 3:1–4:3 or Judith 5:22–24; 6:1–4, 10–21
Matthew 6:1–6, 16–18

Evening Prayer

1979 Lectionary — Year A

Prefaces

1. Of God the Father

Creator of the light and source of life, who hast made us in thine image, and called us to new life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

2. Of God the Son

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.

3. Of God the Holy Spirit

Who by water and the Holy Spirit hast made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth thy glory in all the world.