A.D. 2018 September 20
The Thursday 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
Evening Prayer
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year II
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 102; 103
- I Maccabees 1:1–19
- Colossians 1:21–2:7
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Green
Eve of Saint Matthew
Collects
O almighty God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an apostle and evangelist: Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Lessons
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year II
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Red