A.D. 1941 November 20
The Thursday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Trinity
Collects
O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy church, and grant that those things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lessons
Table of Lessons
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 102; 103
- Baruch 2
- John 12
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 104
- Baruch 3
- II Timothy 3
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year I
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 102; 103
- Sirach 6:14–31
- Acts 5:12–42
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 104
- Sirach 7:27–36
- Acts 6:1–7:16
Liturgical Colours
Green
Edmund, King and Martyr
Emmanuel O’Brien and Nigel Kaines, Saint Edmund the Martyr, 2011, at the intersection of Parkway and Risbygate Street, Bury Saint Edmunds, England. Photograph: Nigel Kaines, 2011 December 6, CC BY 3.0.
Liturgical Colours
Red