A.D. 1945 October 17
The Wednesday in the Twenty-First Week After Trinity
Collects
O Almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us, that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lessons
Table of Lessons
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 86; 87; 88
- Wisdom 9
- Luke 3
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 89
- Wisdom 10
- Galatians 3
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year I
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Green
Eve of Saint Luke
Collects
Almighty God, who calledst Luke the physician, whose praise is in the gospel, to be an evangelist and physician of the soul: May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed, through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lessons
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year I
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Red
Etheldreda, Virgin
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold