A.D. 2023 July 23
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Proper 11
Collects
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion, we beseech thee, upon our infirmities, and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, mercifully give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Common Lectionary — Year A
Semicontinuous Series
Complementary Series
- Wisdom 12:13, 16–19 or Isaiah 44:6–8
- Psalm 86:11–17
- Romans 8:12–25
- Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 103
- Joshua 6:15–27 (optional)
- Matthew 25:14–30
Other lectionaries
1979 Lectionary — Year A
- Wisdom 12:13, 16–19
- Psalm 86 or 86:11–17
- Romans 8:18–25
- Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43
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.
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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.
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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.
Liturgical Colours
Green