A.D. 2005 October 31
The Monday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost
Proper 26
Collects
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; 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 — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 64; 65
- Sirach 38:24–34 (optional)
- Matthew 13:36–43
Liturgical Colors
Green
Eve of All Saints’ Day (Halloween)
Collects
Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Evening Prayer
Prefaces
For in the multitude of your saints, you have surrounded us with a great cloud of witnesses, that we might rejoice in their fellowship, and run with endurance the race that is set before us; and, together with them, receive the crown of glory that never fades away.
Liturgical Colors
White or Gold