A.D. 2023 September 13
The Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost
Proper 18
Collects
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; 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 49; 53 or 49
- Job 29:1; 30:1–2, 16–31 (optional)
- Matthew 2:1–12
Liturgical Colors
Green
Eve of Holy Cross Day
Collects
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world to himself: Mercifully grant that we, who glory in the mystery of our redemption, may have grace to take up our cross and follow him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Evening Prayer
Prefaces
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. For our sins he was lifted high upon the cross, that he might draw the whole world to himself; and, by his suffering and death, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who put their trust in him.
Liturgical Colors
Red
Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258
Liturgical Colors
Red