A.D. 2018 October 18
Luke the Evangelist and Companion of Paul
Acclamations
Celebrant: Blessed be God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.
Collects
Almighty God, you called your servant Luke to be an evangelist and physician of the soul: Grant that, by the wholesome medicine of the doctrine he taught, all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B
Daily Office Lectionary
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Prefaces
For in the multitude of your saints, you have surrounded us with so great a cloud of witnesses that we, rejoicing in their fellowship, may run with patience the race that is set before us, and, together with them, may receive the unfading crown of glory.
Liturgical Colors
Red
References
The Thursday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost
Proper 23
Collects
O God, our refuge and strength, true source of all godliness: Graciously hear the devout prayers of your Church, and grant that those things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colors
Green