A.D. 2008 November 20
The Thursday in the Twenty-Seventh Week After Pentecost
Proper 28
Collects
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 105:23–45
- I Maccabees 4:1–25 (optional)
- James 4:13–5:6
Liturgical Colors
Green
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 870
Emmanuel O’Brien and Nigel Kaines, Saint Edmund the Martyr, 2011, at the intersection of Parkway and Risbygate Street, Bury Saint Edmunds, England. Photograph: Nigel Kaines, 2011 December 6, CC BY 3.0.
Liturgical Colors
Red