A.D. 2034 September 20

The Wednesday in the Sixteenth Week 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

Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two

Morning Prayer
  • Psalm 72
  • Job 42
  • John 12:20–26
Evening Prayer
  • Psalm 119:73–96
  • I Kings 22:1–28 (optional)
  • Acts 16:16–24

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 Two

Evening Prayer
  • Psalm 48; 122 or Psalm 84; 150
  • Isaiah 43:10–15 or Isaiah 52:7–10
  • Revelation 21:1–4, 9–14 or Matthew 9:35–10:4

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

References

Ember Day

Collects

Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in your divine providence you have appointed various orders in your Church: Give your grace, we humbly pray, to all who are [now] called to any office and ministry for your people; and so fill them with the truth of your doctrine and clothe them with holiness of life, that they may faithfully serve before you, to the glory of your great Name and for the benefit of your holy Church; 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.

or

O God, you led your holy apostles to ordain ministers in every place: Grant that your Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may choose suitable persons for the ministry of Word and Sacrament, and may uphold them in their work for the extension of your kingdom; through him who is the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

or

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year C

I
  • Numbers 11:16–17, 24–29
  • Psalm 99 or Psalm 27:1–9
  • I Corinthians 3:5–11
  • John 4:31–38
II
  • I Samuel 3:1–10
  • Psalm 63:1–8
  • Ephesians 4:11–16
  • Matthew 9:35–38
III
  • Exodus 19:3–8
  • Psalm 15
  • I Peter 4:7–11
  • Matthew 16:24–27

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.

or

Because in Jesus Christ our Lord you have received us as your sons and daughters, made us citizens of your kingdom, and given us the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth.

Liturgical Colors

Purple

References