A.D. 1981 October 9
The Friday in the Seventeenth Week After Trinity
Collects
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy church, and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lessons
Table of Lessons
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 44; 45; 46
- Judith 9
- Mark 12
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 47; 48; 49
- Judith 10
- II Corinthians 8
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year I
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 44; 45; 46
- I Maccabees 1:41–64
- Colossians 2:8–19
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 47; 48; 49
- I Maccabees 2:1–28
- John 15
Liturgical Colours
Green
Saint Denys the Areopagite, Bishop and Martyr
Liturgical Colours
Red