A.D. 2026 September 13
The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Proper 19
Collects
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Common Lectionary — Year A
Semicontinuous Series
Complementary Series
Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 8; 84
- I Kings 19:8–21 (optional)
- Revelation 18:1–8
Other lectionaries
1979 Lectionary — Year A
Prefaces
1. Of God the Father
For you are the source of light and life; you made us in your image, and called us to new life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
or
2. Of God the Son
Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who on the first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life.
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3. Of God the Holy Spirit
For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.
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 Two
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