A.D. 2021 September 20
The Monday in the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost
Proper 20
Collects
Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 77; 79 or 77
- Esther 4:4–17 (optional) or Judith 7:1–7, 19–32 (optional)
- Matthew 5:21–26
Liturgical Colors
Green
Eve of Saint Matthew
Collects
We thank you, heavenly Father, for the witness of your apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of your Son our Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready wills and hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow him; 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
Evening Prayer
Prefaces
Through the great shepherd of your flock, Jesus Christ our Lord; who after his resurrection sent forth his apostles to preach the Gospel and to teach all nations; and promised to be with them always, even to the end of the ages.
Liturgical Colors
Red
John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Liturgical Colors
Red