A.D. 2013 October 17
The Thursday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost
Proper 23
Collects
Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; 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 18:21–50
- Jonah 3:1–4:11 (optional)
- Matthew 10:34–42
Liturgical Colors
Green
Eve of Saint Luke
Collects
Almighty God, who inspired your servant Luke the physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of your Son: Graciously continue in your Church this love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. 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
Red
Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115
Liturgical Colors
Red