A.D. 2024 September 21
Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist and Martyr
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
Epistles and Gospels
Table of Lessons
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 105
- Sirach 35
- Matthew 22
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 106
- Sirach 38
- I Corinthians 6
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year II
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Red
References
The Saturday 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 105
- Sirach 35
- Matthew 22
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 106
- Sirach 38
- I Corinthians 6
Alternative Table of Lessons (1961) — Year II
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 105
- I Maccabees 2:29–48
- Colossians 2:20–3:11
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Green
Ember Day
Liturgical Colours
Purple