Collects and Suggested Canticles and Refrains ↑
Notes
1Normally on any occasion only one Collect is used.
2The Collect for each Sunday is used on the following weekdays, except where other provision is made.
3At Evening Prayer on Saturdays other than Christmas Eve, Easter Eve or Principal Feasts or Festivals, the Collect appointed for the ensuing Sunday shall be used. When Evening Prayer on the day before a Festival makes use of the lessons relating to that Festival, the Collect of that Festival shall be used.
4Where a Collect ends ‘through Jesus Christ our Lord’, the minister may use in its place the longer Trinitarian ending,
‘through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.’
The last three lines above may be added to the other Collects which have no Trinitarian ending.
5On most Sundays and during the Seasons the Refrains are those given in the Orders for Morning and Evening Prayer. For certain Sundays, Principal Feasts, other Principal Holy Days and Festivals, proper Refrains are provided with the Collect in the following sections. For Lesser Festivals, reference is made to the optional use of common Refrains, which are to be found at the end of the Sanctorale (here). Where ‘Alleluia’ is printed in square brackets, it is used during the Easter season but not otherwise.
¶ Advent
This prayer may be used on any day in Advent
Eternal God,
as Mary waited for the birth of your Son,
so we wait for his coming in glory;
bring us through the birth pangs of this present age
to see, with her, our great salvation
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Sunday of Advent
Purple
Collect
Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Second Sunday of Advent
Purple
Collect
O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever.
The Third Sunday of Advent
Purple
Collect
O Lord Jesus Christ,
who at your first coming sent your messenger
to prepare your way before you:
grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries
may likewise so prepare and make ready your way
by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
that at your second coming to judge the world
we may be found an acceptable people in your sight;
for you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Purple
This provision is not used on weekdays after 23 December.
Collect
God our redeemer,
who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the mother of your Son:
grant that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour,
so we may be ready to greet him
when he comes again as our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
24 December
Christmas Eve
Purple
The Christmas order (here) is used at Evening Prayer with this Collect.
Collect
Almighty God,
you make us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
¶ Christmas
This prayer may be used on any day in the Christmas season
Lord Jesus Christ,
your birth at Bethlehem
draws us to kneel in wonder at heaven touching earth:
accept our heartfelt praise
as we worship you,
our Saviour and our eternal God.
25 December
Christmas Day
Principal Feast
Gold or White
Collect
Almighty God,
you have given us your only-begotten Son
to take our nature upon him
and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that we, who have been born again
and made your children by adoption and grace,
may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Sunday of Christmas
White
When the Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, falling on a Sunday, is transferred to Monday 2 January, the Sunday is kept as the Second Sunday of Christmas but this provision is used.
This provision is not used after Morning Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany.
Collect
Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Second Sunday of Christmas
White
When the Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, falling on a Sunday, is transferred to Monday 2 January, the Sunday is kept as the Second Sunday of Christmas but the provision for the First Sunday of Christmas is used.
This provision is not used after Morning Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany.
Collect
Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
¶ Epiphany
This prayer may be used on any day in the Epiphany season
Eternal Lord,
our beginning and our end:
bring us with the whole creation
to your glory, hidden through past ages
and made known
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
6 January
The Epiphany
Principal Feast
Gold or White
Collect
O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Baptism of Christ
Gold or White
The First Sunday of Epiphany (The
Second Sunday of Epiphany
when 6 January is a Sunday)
At Morning Prayer, canticle 40 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 70 (here) or 80 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
This is my son, the Beloved,
with whom I am well pleased.
Benedictus
Jesus is baptized and the whole world is made holy;
Christ washes away our sins and purifies us with the Holy Spirit.
Magnificat
Draw water from the wells of salvation,
for Christ our Lord has made creation holy.
Collect
Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Second Sunday of Epiphany
White
When 6 January is a Sunday this provision is replaced on 13 January by that for the Baptism of Christ.
Collect
Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Third Sunday of Epiphany
White
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your mighty power;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
White
Collect
God our creator,
who in the beginning
commanded the light to shine out of darkness:
we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ
may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief,
shine into the hearts of all your people,
and reveal the knowledge of your glory
in the face of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
2 February
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Principal Feast
Gold or White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 31 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 74 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat
The Lord whom you seek
will suddenly come to his temple.
Benedictus
The parents of Jesus marvelled at what was said about him.
And Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
Magnificat
Simeon held the child in his arms, and beheld his salvation;
Anna gave thanks to God and proclaimed her redeemer.
Collect
Almighty and ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
¶ Ordinary Time
The Fifth Sunday before Lent
Green
This provision is always used from the day after the Presentation of Christ in the Temple until the first of the Sundays before Lent.
Collect
Almighty God,
by whose grace alone we are accepted
and called to your service:
strengthen us by your Holy Spirit
and make us worthy of our calling;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fourth Sunday before Lent
Green
Collect
O God,
you know us to be set
in the midst of so many and great dangers,
that by reason of the frailty of our nature
we cannot always stand upright:
grant to us such strength and protection
as may support us in all dangers
and carry us through all temptations;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Third Sunday before Lent
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
who alone can bring order
to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity:
give your people grace
so to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, among the many changes of this world,
our hearts may surely there be fixed
where true joys are to be found;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Second Sunday before Lent
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
you have created the heavens and the earth
and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things,
now and for ever.
The Sunday next before Lent
Green
This provision is not used on or after Ash Wednesday.
Collect
Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
On Shrove Tuesday, ‘Alleluia, alleluia’ may be added to the final versicle and response at Evening Prayer.
After Night Prayer on Shrove Tuesday, ‘Alleluia’ is not said again until Easter Day.
¶ Lent
This prayer may be used on any day in Lent
Almighty God,
by the prayer and discipline of Lent
may we enter into the mystery of Christ’s sufferings,
and by following in his Way
come to share in his glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ash Wednesday
Principal Holy Day
Purple or Lent Array
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
you hate nothing that you have made
and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent:
create and make in us new and contrite hearts
that we, worthily lamenting our sins
and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may receive from you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Sunday of Lent
Purple or Lent Array
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Second Sunday of Lent
Purple or Lent Array
Collect
Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth,
that they may return to the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion,
that they may reject those things
that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Third Sunday of Lent
Purple or Lent Array
Collect
Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Purple or Lent Array
Mothering Sunday may be celebrated in preference to the provision for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Collect
Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour.
Mothering Sunday
Purple or Lent Array
Mothering Sunday may be celebrated in preference to the provision for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Collect
God of compassion,
whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,
shared the life of a home in Nazareth,
and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself:
strengthen us in our daily living
that in joy and in sorrow
we may know the power of your presence
to bind together and to heal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Passiontide begins
Purple or Lent Array
Collect
Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Palm Sunday
Red
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who in your tender love towards the human race
sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
to take upon him our flesh
and to suffer death upon the cross:
grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Maundy Thursday
Principal Holy Day
Red: White for Holy Communion
At Morning and Evening Prayer the Collect of Palm Sunday is used. (For the Collect at Holy Communion, see page 398 of Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England.)
At Evening Prayer, canticle 68 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Christ loved those who were his,
and showed them how deep was his love for them.
Magnificat
Christ humbled himself for us,
and in obedience accepted death.
Good Friday
Principal Holy Day
Hangings removed: red for the liturgy
Benedictus
Over his head, they put the charge against him:
this is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
Magnificat
Christ humbled himself for us,
and in obedience accepted death, even death on a cross.
Collect
Almighty Father,
look with mercy on this your family
for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed
and given up into the hands of sinners
and to suffer death upon the cross;
who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Easter Eve
Hangings removed
At Morning Prayer, canticle 42 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 57 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Destroy this temple and, in three days,
I will raise it up, says the Lord;
this he said of the temple that was his body.
Magnificat
Christ humbled himself for us and, in obedience, accepted death, even death on a cross:
therefore God raised him to the heights and gave him the name which is above all other names.
Collect
Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits,
who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
¶ Easter
This prayer may be used on any day in the Easter season
Risen Christ,
you filled your disciples with boldness and fresh hope:
strengthen us to proclaim your risen life
and fill us with your peace,
to the glory of God the Father.
Easter Day
Principal Feast
Gold or White
Collect
Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.
The Second Sunday of Easter
White
Collect
Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Third Sunday of Easter
White
Collect
Almighty Father,
who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
White
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
White
Collect
Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen Lord.
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
White
This provision is not used on or after Ascension Day.
Collect
God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ascension Day
Principal Feast
Gold or White
Collect
Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ
to have ascended into the heavens,
so we in heart and mind may also ascend
and with him continually dwell;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
White
The Sunday after Ascension Day
Collect
O God the King of glory,
you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ
with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:
we beseech you, leave us not comfortless,
but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us
and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Day of Pentecost
Principal Feast
Red
Whit Sunday
This provision is not used on the weekdays after the Day of Pentecost.
Collect
God, who as at this time
taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
grant us by the same Spirit
to have a right judgement in all things
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour.
¶ Ordinary Time
The Weekdays after the Day of Pentecost
Green
Collect
O Lord, from whom all good things come:
grant to us your humble servants,
that by your holy inspiration
we may think those things that are good,
and by your merciful guiding may perform the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Trinity Sunday
Principal Feast
Gold or White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 45 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 69 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat
Glory and honour be to God
in the unity of the Trinity.
Benedictus
Holy, holy, holy, is the God of hosts;
who was, and who is, and who is to come.
Magnificat
Blessed be the creator of all things;
the holy and undivided Trinity.
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
you have given us your servants grace,
by the confession of a true faith,
to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity
and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity:
keep us steadfast in this faith,
that we may evermore be defended from all adversities;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday may be observed as
The Day of Thanksgiving for the
Institution of Holy Communion
(Corpus Christi)
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 33 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 72 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Your people eat the food of angels;
you give them bread from heaven.
Benedictus
I am the living bread which came down from heaven;
whoever eats of this bread will live for ever.
Magnificat
O sacred feast, in which Christ is received
and the memory of his passion is renewed:
our minds are filled with grace
and a pledge of future glory is given us.
Collect
Lord Jesus Christ,
we thank you that in this wonderful sacrament
you have given us the memorial of your passion:
grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries
of your body and blood
that we may know within ourselves
and show forth in our lives
the fruits of your redemption;
for you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The First Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
O God,
the strength of all those who put their trust in you,
mercifully accept our prayers
and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature
we can do no good thing without you,
grant us the help of your grace,
that in the keeping of your commandments
we may please you both in will and deed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Second Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Lord, you have taught us
that all our doings without love are nothing worth:
send your Holy Spirit
and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love,
the true bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whoever lives is counted dead before you.
Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake.
The Third Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
you have broken the tyranny of sin
and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts
whereby we call you Father:
give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service,
that we and all creation may be brought
to the glorious liberty of the children of God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
O God, the protector of all who trust in you,
without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy:
increase and multiply upon us your mercy;
that with you as our ruler and guide
we may so pass through things temporal
that we lose not our hold on things eternal;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake.
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Eighth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask
but through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
whose only Son has opened for us
a new and living way into your presence:
give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
to worship you in spirit and in truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
O God, forasmuch as 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.
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
God, the giver of life,
whose Holy Spirit wells up within your Church:
by the Spirit’s gifts equip us to live the gospel of Christ and make us eager to do your will,
that we may share with the whole creation the joys of eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Grant, we beseech you, merciful Lord,
to your faithful people pardon and peace,
that they may be cleansed from all their sins
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
If there are twenty-three Sundays after Trinity, the provision for the Third Sunday before Lent (here) is used on the Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity.
The Last Sunday after Trinity
Green
Collect
Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
help us so to hear them,
to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them
that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word,
we may embrace and for ever hold fast the hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
1 November
All Saints’ Day
Principal Feast
Gold or White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 36 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 53 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat
The saints cried out with a loud voice:
Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.
Benedictus
The righteous will shine like the sun
in the highest heavens.
Magnificat
With one heart and voice, all the saints proclaim:
We praise you, blessed Trinity, one God.
Collect
Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Fourth Sunday before Advent
Red or Green
Collect
Almighty and eternal God,
you have kindled the flame of love
in the hearts of the saints:
grant to us the same faith and power of love,
that, as we rejoice in their triumphs,
we may be sustained by their example and fellowship;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Third Sunday before Advent
Red or Green
Collect
Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
In years when Remembrance Sunday is observed on the Second Sunday before Advent, the Collect for the Third Sunday before Advent may be used on Remembrance Sunday and the Collect for the Second Sunday before Advent may be used on the Third Sunday before Advent.
The Second Sunday before Advent
Red or Green
Collect
Heavenly Father,
whose blessed Son was revealed
to destroy the works of the devil
and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we, having this hope,
may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Christ the King
Red or White
The Sunday next before Advent
At Morning Prayer, canticle 22 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 69 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat
Blessed is the king
who comes in the name of the Lord.
Benedictus
God raised Christ from the dead,
and enthroned him at his right hand in heaven.
Magnificat
God has given him dominion, glory and all sovereignty;
that all peoples and nations shall serve him.
Collect
Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit
and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
This prayer may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week
Stir up, O Lord,
the wills of your faithful people;
that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,
may by you be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
¶ Festivals and Lesser Festivals (Sanctorale)
1 January
The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus
Festival
White
The Christmas orders (here) are used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 31 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 61 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
To us a child is born, to us a Son is given,
and he shall be called the Prince of Peace.
Benedictus
You shall call his name Jesus
for he will save his people from their sins.
Magnificat
You have done great things, O God,
and holy is your name.
Collect
Almighty God,
whose blessed Son was circumcised
in obedience to the law for our sake
and given the Name that is above every name:
give us grace faithfully to bear his Name,
to worship him in the freedom of the Spirit,
and to proclaim him as the Saviour of the world;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
2 January
Basil the Great
and Gregory of Nazianzus
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Lord God,
whose servants Basil and Gregory
proclaimed the mystery of your Word made flesh,
to build up your Church in wisdom and strength:
grant that we may rejoice in his presence among us,
and so be brought with them to know the power
of your unending love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6 January
The Epiphany
Principal Feast
Gold or White
See here.
12 January
Aelred of Hexham
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who endowed Aelred the abbot
with the gift of Christian friendship
and the wisdom to lead others in the way of holiness:
grant to your people that same spirit of mutual affection,
so that, in loving one another,
we may know the love of Christ
and rejoice in the eternal possession
of your supreme goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
13 January
Hilary
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Everlasting God,
whose servant Hilary
steadfastly confessed your Son Jesus Christ
to be both human and divine:
grant us his gentle courtesy
to bring to all the message of redemption
in the incarnate Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
17 January
Antony of Egypt
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Most gracious God,
who called your servant Antony to sell all that he had
and to serve you in the solitude of the desert:
by his example may we learn to deny ourselves
and to love you before all things;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
19 January
Wulfstan
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Lord God,
who raised up Wulfstan to be a bishop among your people
and a leader of your Church:
help us, after his example,
to live simply,
to work diligently
and to make your kingdom known;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 January
Agnes
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Eternal God, shepherd of your sheep,
whose child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness
in her living and her dying
to the true love of her redeemer:
grant us the power to understand, with all your saints,
what is the breadth and length and height and depth
and to know the love that surpasses knowledge,
even Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
24 January
Francis de Sales
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Holy God,
who called your bishop Francis de Sales
to bring many to Christ through his devout life
and to renew your Church with patience and understanding:
grant that we may, by word and example,
reflect your gentleness and love to all we meet;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
25 January
The Conversion of Paul
Festival
White
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Almighty God,
who caused the light of the gospel
to shine throughout the world
through the preaching of your servant Saint Paul:
grant that we who celebrate his wonderful conversion
may follow him in bearing witness to your truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
26 January
Timothy and Titus
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Heavenly Father,
who sent your apostle Paul to preach the gospel,
and gave him Timothy and Titus
to be his companions in faith:
grant that our fellowship in the Holy Spirit
may bear witness to the name of Jesus,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
28 January
Thomas Aquinas
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
who enriched your Church with the learning and holiness
of your servant Thomas Aquinas:
give to all who seek you
a humble mind and a pure heart
that they may know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth and the life;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
30 January
Charles
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
King of kings and Lord of lords,
whose faithful servant Charles
prayed for those who persecuted him
and died in the living hope of your eternal kingdom:
grant us by your grace so to follow his example
that we may love and bless our enemies,
through the intercession of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 February
The Presentation of Christ
in the Temple
Principal Feast
Gold or White
See here.
3 February
Anskar
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
God of grace and might,
who sent your servant Anskar
to spread the gospel to the Nordic peoples:
raise up, we pray, in our generation
messengers of your good news
and heralds of your kingdom
that the world may come to know
the immeasurable riches of our Saviour Jesus Christ.
14 February
Cyril and Methodius
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Lord of all,
who gave to your servants Cyril and Methodius
the gift of tongues to proclaim the gospel to the Slavs:
make your whole Church one as you are one
that all Christians may honour one another,
and east and west acknowledge
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
and you, the God and Father of all;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
17 February
Janani Luwum
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
God of truth,
whose servant Janani Luwum walked in the light,
and in his death defied the powers of darkness:
free us from fear of those who kill the body,
that we too may walk as children of light,
through him who overcame darkness by the power of the cross,
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
23 February
Polycarp
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who gave to your servant Polycarp
boldness to confess the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ
before the rulers of this world
and courage to die for his faith:
grant that we also may be ready
to give an answer for the faith that is in us
and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 February
George Herbert
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
King of glory, king of peace,
who called your servant George Herbert
from the pursuit of worldly honours
to be a priest in the temple of his God and king:
grant us also the grace to offer ourselves
with singleness of heart in humble obedience to your service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 March
David
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who called your servant David
to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries
for the people of Wales:
in your mercy, grant that,
following his purity of life and zeal for the gospel of Christ,
we may with him receive the crown of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 March
Chad
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
from the first fruits of the English nation who turned to Christ,
you called your servant Chad
to be an evangelist and bishop of his own people:
give us grace so to follow his peaceable nature,
humble spirit and prayerful life,
that we may truly commend to others
the faith which we ourselves profess;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7 March
Perpetua, Felicity
and their Companions
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Holy God,
who gave great courage to Perpetua, Felicity and their companions:
grant that we may be worthy to climb the ladder of sacrifice
and be received into the garden of peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
8 March
Edward King
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
God of peace,
who gave such grace to your servant Edward King
that whomever he met he drew to Christ:
fill us, we pray, with tender sympathy and joyful faith,
that we also may win others
to know the love that passes knowledge;
through him who is the shepherd and guardian of our souls,
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
17 March
Patrick
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who in your providence chose your servant Patrick
to be the apostle of the Irish people:
keep alive in us the fire of the faith he kindled
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage
towards the light of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
19 March
Joseph of Nazareth
Festival
White
The Christmas orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 25 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 59 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Joseph was the husband of Mary,
who gave birth to Jesus, called Messiah.
Benedictus
Behold the faithful and wise servant
whom the Master placed over his household.
Magnificat
Joseph of Nazareth went up to Bethlehem
to be enrolled with Mary his betrothed, who was with child.
Collect
God our Father,
who from the family of your servant David
raised up Joseph the carpenter
to be the guardian of your incarnate Son
and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
give us grace to follow him
in faithful obedience to your commands;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
20 March
Cuthbert
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who called your servant Cuthbert from following the flock
to follow your Son and to be a shepherd of your people:
in your mercy, grant that we, following his example,
may bring those who are lost home to your fold;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 March
Thomas Cranmer
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Father of all mercies,
who through the work of your servant Thomas Cranmer
renewed the worship of your Church
and through his death revealed your strength in human weakness:
by your grace strengthen us to worship you
in spirit and in truth
and so to come to the joys of your everlasting kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Advocate.
25 March
The Annunciation of Our Lord
Principal Feast
Gold or White
The Christmas orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 61 (here) may be said.
If the Annunciation is transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter, ‘Alleluia’ is added to the Refrains.
Eve: Magnificat
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, Mary,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
The Word of God, begotten of the Father before time began,
humbled himself for us and was incarnate
from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Mary received the word of the Lord
and conceived the Word of life. [Alleluia.]
Collect
We beseech you, O Lord,
pour your grace into our hearts,
that as we have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ
by the message of an angel,
so by his cross and passion
we may be brought to the glory of his resurrection;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 April
William Law
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who called your servant William Law
to a devout and holy life:
grant that by your spirit of love
and through faithfulness in prayer
we may find the way to divine knowledge
and so come to see the hidden things of God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
19 April
Alphege
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Merciful God,
who raised up your servant Alphege
to be a pastor of your people
and gave him grace to suffer for justice and true religion:
grant that we who celebrate his martyrdom
may know the power of the risen Christ in our hearts
and share his peace in lives offered to your service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 April
Anselm
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
who gave great gifts to your servant Anselm
as a pastor and teacher:
grant that we, like him, may desire you with our whole heart
and, so desiring, may seek you
and, seeking, may find you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
23 April
George
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 23 (here) or 46 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 57 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness
but will have the light of life. Alleluia.
Benedictus
Blessed are those who are persecuted for the cause of right,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Alleluia.
Magnificat
Those who gave up their lives for Christ and followed in the Way
rejoice with God now and for ever. Alleluia.
Collect
God of hosts,
who so kindled the flame of love
in the heart of your servant George
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
by his life and by his death:
give us the same faith and power of love
that we who rejoice in his triumphs
may come to share with him the fullness of the resurrection;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
25 April
Mark
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Your word is a lantern to my feet
and a light upon my path. Alleluia.
Benedictus
We bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers
he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus. Alleluia.
Magnificat
The one who saw what Jesus did has borne witness,
that you also may believe. Alleluia.
Collect
Almighty God,
who enlightened your holy Church
through the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:
grant that we, being firmly grounded
in the truth of the gospel,
may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
29 April
Catherine of Siena
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God of compassion,
who gave your servant Catherine of Siena
a wondrous love of the passion of Christ:
grant that your people may be united to him in his majesty
and rejoice for ever in the revelation of his glory;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
1 May
Philip and James
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Alleluia.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Alleluia.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb. Alleluia.
Collect
Almighty Father,
whom truly to know is eternal life:
teach us to know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth, and the life;
that we may follow the steps
of your holy apostles Philip and James,
and walk steadfastly in the way that leads to your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 May
Athanasius
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Ever-living God,
whose servant Athanasius testified
to the mystery of the Word made flesh for our salvation:
help us, with all your saints,
to contend for the truth
and to grow into the likeness of your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
4 May
English Saints and Martyrs
of the Reformation Era
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
Merciful God,
who, when your Church on earth was torn apart
by the ravages of sin,
raised up men and women in this land
who witnessed to their faith with courage and constancy:
give to your Church that peace which is your will,
and grant that those who have been divided on earth
may be reconciled in heaven
and share together in the vision of your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
8 May
Julian of Norwich
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Most holy God, the ground of our beseeching,
who through your servant Julian
revealed the wonders of your love:
grant that as we are created in your nature
and restored by your grace,
our wills may be so made one with yours
that we may come to see you face to face
and gaze on you for ever;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
14 May
Matthias
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
[Alleluia.]
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
[Alleluia.]
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
who in the place of the traitor Judas
chose your faithful servant Matthias
to be of the number of the Twelve:
preserve your Church from false apostles
and, by the ministry of faithful pastors and teachers,
keep us steadfast in your truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
19 May
Dunstan
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who raised up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock,
a restorer of monastic life
and a faithful counsellor to those in authority:
give to all pastors the same gifts of your Holy Spirit
that they may be true servants of Christ and of all his people;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
20 May
Alcuin of York
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
God of wisdom, eternal light,
who shone in the heart of your servant Alcuin,
revealing to him your power and pity:
scatter the darkness of our ignorance
that, with all our heart and mind and strength,
we may seek your face
and be brought with all your saints
to your holy presence;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
24 May
John and Charles Wesley
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
God of mercy,
who inspired John and Charles Wesley with zeal for your gospel:
grant to all people boldness to proclaim your word
and a heart ever to rejoice in singing your praises;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
25 May
The Venerable Bede
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
God our maker,
whose Son Jesus Christ gave to your servant Bede
grace to drink in with joy the word
that leads us to know you and to love you:
in your goodness
grant that we also may come at length to you,
the source of all wisdom,
and stand before your face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
26 May
Augustine of Canterbury
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
whose servant Augustine was sent as the apostle
of the English people:
grant that as he laboured in the Spirit
to preach Christ’s gospel in this land,
so all who hear the good news
may strive to make your truth known in all the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
30 May
Josephine Butler
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
God of compassion and love,
by whose grace your servant Josephine Butler
followed in the way of your Son
in caring for those in need:
help us like her to work with strength
for the restoration of all to the dignity
and freedom of those created in your image;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
31 May
The Visit of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
to Elizabeth
Festival
White
The Christmas orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 21 (here) or 47 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 68 (here) or 73 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Blessed are you, Mary,
for you believed that what was said to you by the Lord would be fulfilled. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
In the womb of Mary, you found a dwelling place on earth,
O Christ;
remain for ever in our hearts. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Mary gave birth to the Word of God;
truly she is the ever-blessed mother of Christ our Lord. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Mighty God,
by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary
and greeted her as the mother of the Lord:
look with favour on your lowly servants
that, with Mary, we may magnify your holy name
and rejoice to acclaim her Son our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
1 June
Justin
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
God our redeemer,
who through the folly of the cross taught your martyr Justin
the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ:
remove from us every kind of error
that we, like him, may be firmly grounded in the faith,
and make your name known to all peoples;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
5 June
Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
God our redeemer,
who called your servant Boniface
to preach the gospel among the German people
and to build up your Church in holiness:
grant that we may preserve in our hearts
that faith which he taught with his words
and sealed with his blood,
and profess it in lives dedicated to your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
8 June
Thomas Ken
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
O God, from whom all blessings flow,
by whose providence we are kept
and by whose grace we are directed:
help us, through the example of your servant Thomas Ken,
faithfully to keep your word,
humbly to accept adversity
and steadfastly to worship you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
9 June
Columba
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who filled the heart of Columba
with the joy of the Holy Spirit
and with deep love for those in his care:
may your pilgrim people follow him,
strong in faith, sustained by hope,
and one in the love that binds us to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
11 June
Barnabas
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
[Alleluia.]
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
[Alleluia.]
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Bountiful God, giver of all gifts,
who poured your Spirit upon your servant Barnabas
and gave him grace to encourage others:
help us, by his example,
to be generous in our judgements
and unselfish in our service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
16 June
Richard
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Most merciful redeemer,
who gave to your bishop Richard a love of learning,
a zeal for souls and a devotion to the poor:
grant that, encouraged by his example,
we may know you more clearly,
love you more dearly,
and follow you more nearly,
day by day,
who with the Father and the Holy Spirit are alive and reign,
one God, now and for ever.
22 June
Alban
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Eternal Father,
when the gospel of Christ first came to our land
you gloriously confirmed the faith of Alban
by making him the first to win a martyr’s crown:
grant that, following his example,
in the fellowship of the saints
we may worship you, the living God,
and give true witness to Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
23 June
Etheldreda
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
who bestowed such grace upon your servant Etheldreda
that she gave herself wholly to the life of prayer
and to the service of your true religion:
grant that we, like her,
may so live our lives on earth seeking your kingdom
that by your guiding
we may be joined to the glorious fellowship of your saints;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
24 June
The Birth of John the Baptist
Festival
White
The Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 30 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 75 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
The angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah in the temple,
standing by the altar of incense.
Benedictus
Elizabeth, the wife of Zechariah, brought forth a son;
he grew and became strong in spirit.
Magnificat
The child born of Elizabeth is more than a prophet,
for he will proclaim the way of the Lord.
Collect
Almighty God,
by whose providence your servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born,
and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Saviour
by the preaching of repentance:
lead us to repent according to his preaching
and, after his example,
constantly to speak the truth, boldly to rebuke vice,
and patiently to suffer for the truth’s sake;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
28 June
Irenæus
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God of peace,
who through the ministry of your servant Irenæus
strengthened the true faith
and brought harmony to your Church:
keep us steadfast in your true religion,
and renew us in faith and love,
that we may always walk in the way that leads to eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
29 June
Peter and Paul
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Almighty God,
whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul
glorified you in their death as in their life:
grant that your Church,
inspired by their teaching and example,
and made one by your Spirit,
may ever stand firm upon the one foundation,
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June.
Where Peter is celebrated alone
Almighty God,
who inspired your apostle Saint Peter
to confess Jesus as Christ and Son of the living God:
build up your Church upon this rock,
that in unity and peace it may proclaim one truth
and follow one Lord, your Son our Saviour Christ.
Apostle
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Almighty and eternal God,
who, for the firmer foundation of our faith,
allowed your holy apostle Thomas to doubt the resurrection of your Son
till word and sight convinced him:
grant to us, who have not seen, that we also may believe
and so confess Christ as our Lord and our God;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Abbot of Monte Cassino,
Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
who made Benedict a wise master in the school of your service
and a guide to many called into community to follow the rule of Christ:
grant that we may put your love before all else
and seek with joy the way of your commandments;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
14 JulyJohn Keble
Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Father of the eternal Word,
in whose encompassing love
all things in peace and order move:
grant that, as your servant John Keble adored you in all creation,
so we may have a humble heart of love for the mysteries of your Church
and know your love to be new every morning,
in Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Bishop of Winchester, c.862
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
by whose grace we celebrate again
the feast of your servant Swithun:
grant that, as he governed with gentleness
the people committed to his care,
so we, rejoicing in our Christian inheritance,
may always seek to build up your Church in unity and love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
19 JulyGregory and Macrina
Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess,
Teachers of the Faith, c.394 and c.379
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Lord of eternity, creator of all things,
in your Son Jesus Christ you open for us the way to resurrection
that we may enjoy your bountiful goodness:
may we who celebrate your servants Gregory and Macrina
press onwards in faith to your boundless love
and ever wonder at the miracle of your presence among us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Festival
White
The Easter orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 23 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 68 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
In vigil by the cross of her Lord
stood Mary of Magdala, his disciple.
Benedictus
After the Sabbath, towards the dawn of the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene went to the tomb.
Magnificat
Mary came and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord.
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son restored Mary Magdalene
to health of mind and body
and called her to be a witness to his resurrection:
forgive our sins and heal us by your grace,
that we may serve you in the power of his risen life;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Apostle
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Merciful God,
whose holy apostle Saint James,
leaving his father and all that he had,
was obedient to the calling of your Son Jesus Christ
and followed him even to death:
help us, forsaking the false attractions of the world,
to be ready at all times to answer your call without delay;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
Lord God of Israel,
who bestowed such grace on Anne and Joachim
that their daughter Mary grew up obedient to your word
and made ready to be the mother of your Son:
help us to commit ourselves in all things to your keeping
and grant us the salvation you promised to your people;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
29 JulyMary, Martha and Lazarus
Companions of Our Lord
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
God our Father,
whose Son enjoyed the love of his friends,
Mary, Martha and Lazarus,
in learning, argument and hospitality:
may we so rejoice in your love
that the world may come to know
the depths of your wisdom, the wonder of your compassion,
and your power to bring life out of death;
through the merits of Jesus Christ,
our friend and brother,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Social Reformer, 1833
Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson
Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1797 and 1846
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
God our deliverer,
who sent your Son Jesus Christ
to set your people free from the slavery of sin:
grant that, as your servants William Wilberforce
Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson
toiled against the sin of slavery,
so we may bring compassion to all
and work for the freedom of all the children of God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
5 AugustOswald
King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Lord God almighty,
who so kindled the faith of King Oswald with your Spirit
that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom
and turned his people to the light of Christ:
grant that we, being fired by the same Spirit,
may always bear our cross before the world
and be found faithful servants of the gospel;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6 AugustThe Transfiguration of Our Lord
Festival
Gold or White
The Epiphany orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 22 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 64 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
This is my Son, my Beloved;
listen to my Chosen One.
Benedictus
Christ, who is the very image of the Father,
was revealed in glory upon the holy mountain.
Magnificat
It is good that we are here
and to behold the glory that is Christ.
Collect
Father in heavens,
whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured
before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain,
and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem:
give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross
that in the world to come we may see him as he is;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
whose servant Dominic grew in the knowledge of your truth
and formed an order of preachers to proclaim the faith of Christ:
by your grace give to all your people a love for your word
and a longing to share the gospel,
so that the whole world may come to know you
and your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
9 AugustMary Sumner
Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
Faithful and loving God,
who called Mary Sumner to strive for the renewal of family life:
give us the gift of your Holy Spirit,
that through word, prayer and deed
your family may be strengthened and your people served;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who made Laurence a loving servant of your people
and a wise steward of the treasures of your Church:
fire us with his example to love as he loved
and to walk in the way that leads to eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
11 AugustClare of Assisi
Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
God of peace,
who in the poverty of the blessed Clare
gave us a clear light to shine in the darkness of this world:
give us grace so to follow in her footsteps
that we may, at the last, rejoice with her in your eternal glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Holy and loving God,
you dwell in the human heart
and make us partakers of the divine nature in Christ our great high priest:
help us who remember your servant Jeremy Taylor
to put our trust in your heavenly promises
and follow a holy life in virtue and true godliness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
15 AugustThe Blessed Virgin Mary
Festival
White
The Christmas orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 21 (here) or 47 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 68 (here) or 73 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Blessed are you, Mary,
for you believed that what was said to you by the Lord would be fulfilled. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
In the womb of Mary, you found a dwelling place on earth, O Christ;
remain for ever in our hearts. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Mary gave birth to the Word of God;
truly she is the ever-blessed mother of Christ our Lord. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Merciful redeemer,
who, by the life and preaching of your servant Bernard,
rekindled the radiant light of your Church:
grant us, in our generation,
to be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline and love
and ever to walk before you as children of light;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Apostle
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach your word:
grant that your Church
may love that word which he believed
and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
Faithful God,
who strengthened Monica, the mother of Augustine, with wisdom,
and through her patient endurance encouraged him to seek after you:
give us the will to persist in prayer
that those who stray from you may be brought to faith
in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
28 AugustAugustine of Hippo
Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Merciful Lord,
who turned Augustine from his sins
to be a faithful bishop and teacher:
grant that we may follow him in penitence and discipline
till our restless hearts find their rest in you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
29 AugustThe Beheading of John the Baptist
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains for 24 June (here) may be used.
Collect
Almighty God,
who called your servant John the Baptist
to be the forerunner of your Son in birth and death:
strengthen us by your grace
that, as he suffered for the truth,
so we may boldly resist corruption and vice
and receive with him the unfading crown of glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
30 AugustJohn Bunyan
Spiritual Writer, 1688
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God of peace,
who called your servant John Bunyan
to be valiant for truth:
grant that as strangers and pilgrims
we may at the last rejoice with all Christian people
in your heavenly city;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Everlasting God,
you sent the gentle bishop Aidan
to proclaim the gospel in this land:
grant us to live as he taught
in simplicity, humility and love for the poor;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
3 SeptemberGregory the Great
Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Merciful Father,
who chose your bishop Gregory
to be a servant of the servants of God:
grant that, like him, we may ever long to serve you
by proclaiming your gospel to the nations,
and may ever rejoice to sing your praises;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
8 SeptemberThe Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary (here).
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who stooped to raise fallen humanity
through the child-bearing of blessed Mary:
grant that we, who have seen your glory
revealed in our human nature
and your love made perfect in our weakness,
may daily be renewed in your image
and conformed to the pattern of your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
13 SeptemberJohn Chrysostom
Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God of truth and love,
who gave to your servant John Chrysostom
eloquence to declare your righteousness in the great congregation
and courage to bear reproach for the honour of your name:
mercifully grant to those who minister your word
such excellence in preaching,
that all people may share with them
in the glory that shall be revealed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Festival
Red
The Passiontide orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 23 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 66 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Save us by your holy cross,
O Christ, our Redeemer.
Benedictus
Far be it from me to glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Magnificat
If you would come after me, you must deny yourself,
and take up your cross and follow me.
Collect
Almighty God,
who in the passion of your blessed Son
made an instrument of painful death
to be for us the means of life and peace:
grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Holy God,
who brought Cyprian to faith in Christ,
made him a bishop in the Church
and crowned his witness with a martyr’s death:
grant that, after his example,
we may love the Church and her teachings,
find your forgiveness within her fellowship
and so come to share the heavenly banquet
you have prepared for us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
16 SeptemberNinian
Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who called your servant Ninian to preach the gospel
to the people of northern Britain:
raise up in this and every land
heralds and evangelists of your kingdom,
that your Church may make known the immeasurable riches
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Most glorious and holy God,
whose servant Hildegard, strong in the faith,
was caught up in the vision of your heavenly courts:
by the breath of your Spirit
open our eyes to glimpse your glory
and our lips to sing your praises with all the angels;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
20 SeptemberJohn Coleridge Patteson
First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
God of all tribes and peoples and tongues,
who called your servant John Coleridge Patteson
to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ
amongst the peoples of Melanesia:
grant us to hear your call to service
and to respond trustfully and joyfully
to Jesus Christ our redeemer,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Apostle and Evangelist
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
O Almighty God,
whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
to be an apostle and evangelist:
give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
and the possessive love of riches
that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Lord God,
who gave to Lancelot Andrewes many gifts of your Holy Spirit,
making him a man of prayer and a pastor of your people:
perfect in us that which is lacking in your gifts,
of faith, to increase it,
of hope, to establish it,
of love, to kindle it,
that we may live in the light of your grace and glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
27 SeptemberVincent de Paul
Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Merciful God,
whose servant Vincent de Paul,
by his ministry of preaching and pastoral care,
brought your love to the sick and the poor:
give to all your people a heart of compassion
that by word and action they may serve you
in serving others in their need;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
29 SeptemberMichael and All Angels
Festival
White
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 33 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 64 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
The Lord commanded his angels
to keep you in all your ways.
Benedictus
There was silence in heaven while the dragon waged war;
and Michael and his angels fought against him, and won the victory.
Magnificat
Then I saw an angel, soaring in the heavens,
with an eternal gospel to proclaim to all who live on the earth.
Collect
Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
O God, you ever delight to reveal yourself
to the childlike and lowly of heart:
grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis,
we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness
and know only Jesus Christ and him crucified,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
6 OctoberWilliam Tyndale
Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Lord, give to your people grace to hear and keep your word
that, after the example of your servant William Tyndale,
we may not only profess your gospel
but also be ready to suffer and die for it,
to the honour of your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishop of York, Missionary, 644
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
God our Saviour,
who sent Paulinus to preach and to baptize,
and so to build up your Church in this land:
grant that, inspired by his example,
we may tell all the world of your truth,
that with him we may receive the reward
you prepare for all your faithful servants;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 OctoberWilfrid of Ripon
Bishop, Missionary, 709
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who called our forebears to the light of the gospel
by the preaching of your servant Wilfrid:
help us, who keep his life and labour in remembrance,
to glorify your name by following the example
of his zeal and perseverance;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
13 OctoberEdward the Confessor
King of England, 1066
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
Sovereign God,
who set your servant Edward
upon the throne of an earthly kingdom
and inspired him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven:
grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ
by word and deed,
that we may, with all your saints, inherit your eternal glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
15 OctoberTeresa of Avila
Teacher of the Faith, 1582
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
Merciful God,
who by your Spirit raised up your servant Teresa of Avila
to reveal to your Church the way of perfection:
grant that her teaching
may awaken in us a longing for holiness,
until we attain to the perfect union of love
in Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Feed us, O Lord, with the living bread
and make us drink deep of the cup of salvation
that, following the teaching of your bishop Ignatius
and rejoicing in the faith
with which he embraced a martyr’s death,
we may be nourished for that eternal life
for which he longed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Evangelist
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Your word is a lantern to my feet
and a light upon my path.
Benedictus
We bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers
he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus.
Magnificat
The one who saw what Jesus did has borne witness,
that you also may believe.
Collect
Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Translator of the Scriptures,
Missionary in India and Persia, 1812
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
Almighty God,
who by your Holy Spirit gave Henry Martyn
a longing to tell the good news of Christ
and skill to translate the Scriptures:
by the same Spirit give us grace to offer you our gifts,
wherever you may lead, at whatever the cost;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
26 OctoberAlfred the Great
King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
God, our maker and redeemer,
we pray you of your great mercy
and by the power of your holy cross
to guide us by your will and to shield us from our foes:
that, after the example of your servant Alfred,
we may inwardly love you above all things;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Apostles
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Almighty God,
who built your Church upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone:
so join us together in unity of spirit by their doctrine,
that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa,
Martyr in Uganda, 1885
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Most merciful God,
who strengthened your Church by the steadfast courage
of your martyr James Hannington:
grant that we also,
thankfully remembering his victory of faith,
may overcome what is evil
and glorify your holy name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Principal Feast
Gold or White
See here.
2 NovemberCommemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
Lesser Festival
Purple
At Morning Prayer, canticle 42 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 57 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, though they die, yet shall they live.
Magnificat
All that the Father gives to me will come to me;
and the one who comes to me, I will not cast out.
Collect
Eternal God, our maker and redeemer,
grant us, with all the faithful departed,
the sure benefits of your Son’s saving passion
and glorious resurrection
that, in the last day,
when you gather up all things in Christ,
we may with them enjoy the fullness of your promises;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God of peace, the bond of all love,
who in your Son Jesus Christ have made the human race
your inseparable dwelling place:
after the example of your servant Richard Hooker,
give grace to us your servants ever to rejoice
in the true inheritance of your adopted children
and to show forth your praises now and ever;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7 NovemberWillibrord of York
Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Missionaries (here).
Collect
God, the Saviour of all,
you sent your bishop Willibrord from this land
to proclaim the good news to many peoples
and confirm them in their faith:
help us also to witness to your steadfast love
by word and deed
so that your Church may increase
and grow strong in holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
8 NovemberThe Saints and Martyrs of England
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
God, whom the glorious company of the redeemed adore,
assembled from all times and places of your dominion:
we praise you for the saints of our own land
and for the many lamps their holiness has lit;
and we pray that we also may be numbered at last
with those who have done your will
and declared your righteousness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 NovemberLeo the Great
Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God our Father,
who made your servant Leo strong in the defence of the faith:
fill your Church with the spirit of truth
that, guided by humility and governed by love,
she may prevail against the powers of evil;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishop of Tours, c.397
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
God all powerful,
who called Martin from the armies of this world
to be a faithful soldier of Christ:
give us grace to follow him
in his love and compassion for the needy,
and enable your Church to claim for all people
their inheritance as children of God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
13 NovemberCharles Simeon
Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
who raised up Charles Simeon
to preach the good news of Jesus Christ
and inspire your people in service and mission:
grant that we with all your Church may worship the Saviour,
turn in sorrow from our sins and walk in the way of holiness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
16 NovemberMargaret of Scotland
Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
God, the ruler of all,
who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne
and gave her zeal for your Church and love for your people
that she might advance your heavenly kingdom:
mercifully grant that we who commemorate her example
may be fruitful in good works
and attain to the glorious crown of your saints;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
17 NovemberHugh
Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
O God,
who endowed your servant Hugh
with a wise and cheerful boldness
and taught him to commend to earthly rulers
the discipline of a holy life:
give us grace like him to be bold in the service of the gospel,
putting our confidence in Christ alone,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
18 NovemberElizabeth of Hungary
Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Any Saint (here).
Collect
Lord God,
who taught Elizabeth of Hungary
to recognize and reverence Christ in the poor of this world:
by her example
strengthen us to love and serve the afflicted and the needy
and so to honour your Son, the servant king,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
19 NovemberHilda
Abbess of Whitby, 680
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Members of Religious Communities (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
who made the abbess Hilda to shine like a jewel in our land
and through her holiness and leadership
blessed your Church with new life and unity:
help us, like her, to yearn for the gospel of Christ
and to reconcile those who are divided;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Eternal God,
whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end,
both with you and with his people,
and glorified you by his death:
grant us such steadfastness of faith
that, with the noble army of martyrs,
we may come to enjoy the fullness of the resurrection life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
23 NovemberClement
Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
Creator and Father of eternity,
whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood
to the love he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached:
give us thankful hearts as we celebrate your faithfulness,
revealed to us in the lives of your saints,
and strengthen us in our pilgrimage as we follow your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Apostle
Festival
Red
The All Saints to Advent orders (here) may be used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 35 (here) or 79 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
When all is made new, and the Christ is on his throne of glory,
you will sit on the twelve thrones to judge the tribes of Israel.
Benedictus
You did not choose me but I chose you
and I appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that shall last.
Magnificat
On the foundation stones of the heavenly city
are written the names of the apostles of the Lamb.
Collect
Almighty God,
who gave such grace to your apostle Saint Andrew
that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ
and brought his brother with him:
call us by your holy word,
and give us grace to follow you without delay
and to tell the good news of your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishop of Myra, c.326
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Bishops and other Pastors (here).
Collect
Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who chose your servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of your grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7 DecemberAmbrose
Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
God of hosts,
who called Ambrose from the governor’s throne
to be a bishop in your Church
and an intrepid champion of your faithful people:
mercifully grant that, as he did not fear to rebuke rulers,
so we, with like courage,
may contend for the faith we have received;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
8 DecemberThe Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary (here).
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who stooped to raise fallen humanity
through the child-bearing of blessed Mary:
grant that we, who have seen your glory
revealed in our human nature
and your love made perfect in our weakness,
may daily be renewed in your image
and conformed to the pattern of your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
13 DecemberLucy
Martyr at Syracuse, 304
Lesser Festival
Red
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Martyrs (here).
Collect
God our redeemer,
who gave light to the world that was in darkness
by the healing power of the Saviour’s cross:
shed that light on us, we pray,
that with your martyr Lucy
we may, by the purity of our lives,
reflect the light of Christ
and, by the merits of his passion,
come to the light of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591
Lesser Festival
White
Optional canticles and refrains: Common of Teachers of the Faith (here).
Collect
O God, the judge of all,
who gave your servant John of the Cross
a warmth of nature, a strength of purpose
and a mystical faith
that sustained him even in the darkness:
shed your light on all who love you
and grant them union of body and soul
in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
24 DecemberChristmas Eve
Purple
See here.
25 DecemberChristmas Day
Principal Feast
Gold or White
See here.
Deacon, First Martyr
Festival
Red
The Christmas orders (here) are used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
The canticles and refrains for Christmas are used.
Collect
Gracious Father,
who gave the first martyr Stephen
grace to pray for those who took up stones against him:
grant that in all our sufferings for the truth
we may learn to love even our enemies
and to seek forgiveness for those who desire our hurt,
looking up to heaven to him who was crucified for us,
Jesus Christ, our mediator and advocate.
27 DecemberJohn
Apostle and Evangelist
Festival
White
The Christmas orders (here) are used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
The canticles and refrains for Christmas are used.
Collect
Merciful Lord,
cast your bright beams of light upon the Church:
that, being enlightened by the teaching
of your blessed apostle and evangelist Saint John,
we may so walk in the light of your truth
that we may at last attain to the light of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ your incarnate Son our Lord.
Festival
Red
The Christmas orders (here) are used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
The canticles and refrains for Christmas are used.
Collect
Heavenly Father,
whose children suffered at the hands of Herod,
though they had done no wrong:
by the suffering of your Son
and by the innocence of our lives
frustrate all evil designs
and establish your reign of justice and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
29 DecemberThomas Becket
Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170
Lesser Festival
Red
The canticles and refrains for Christmas are used.
Collect
Lord God,
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket
to put aside all earthly fear
and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem,
may fight all wrong,
uphold your rule,
and serve you to our life’s end;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Dedication Festival
Principal Feast or Festival
Gold or White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 34 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 73 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
How awesome is this place!
This is none other than the house of God.
Benedictus
My house shall be called a house of prayer;
a refuge for all peoples.
Magnificat
This is the place where we call on the holy name of God;
of which it is written, My name shall be there.
Collect
Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
¶ Common of the Saints
The Blessed Virgin Mary
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 21 (here) or 47 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 68 (here) or 73 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Blessed are you, Mary,
for you believed that what was said to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
In the womb of Mary, you found a dwelling place on earth, O Christ;
remain for ever in our hearts. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Mary gave birth to the Word of God;
truly she is the ever-blessed mother of Christ our Lord. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
who stooped to raise fallen humanity
through the child-bearing of blessed Mary;
grant that we, who have seen your glory
revealed in our human nature
and your love made perfect in our weakness,
may daily be renewed in your image
and conformed to the pattern of your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Martyrs
Red
At Morning Prayer, canticle 23 (here) or 46 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 57 (here) or 70 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness
but will have the light of life. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
Blessed are those who are persecuted for the cause of right,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Those who gave up their lives for Christ and followed in the Way rejoice with God now and for ever. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
by whose grace and power your holy martyr N
triumphed over suffering and was faithful unto death:
strengthen us with your grace,
that we may endure reproach and persecution
and faithfully bear witness to the name
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Teachers of the Faith
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 33 (here) or 47 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 53 (here) or 67 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Wisdom is treasure without end,
those who attain it are God’s friends. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the heavens,
and those who have instructed many in virtue will shine like stars for all eternity. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Those who keep and teach the commandments
will be considered great in heaven. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
who enlightened your Church
by the teaching of your servant N:
enrich it evermore with your heavenly grace
and raise up faithful witnesses
who, by their life and teaching,
may proclaim the truth of your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bishops and other Pastors
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 26 (here) or 32 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 61 (here) or 68 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
The word of God is alive and active,
and speaks to us of salvation. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
I will give you shepherds after my own heart
who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Well done, good and faithful servant:
you have been faithful over a little, I will make you ruler over much.
[Alleluia.]
Collect
Eternal God,
you called N to proclaim your glory
in a life of prayer and pastoral zeal:
keep the leaders of your Church faithful
and bless your people through their ministry,
that the Church may grow into the full stature
of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
or (for a bishop)
Almighty God,
the light of the faithful and shepherd of souls,
who set your servant N to be a bishop in the Church,
to feed your sheep by the word of Christ
and to guide them by good example:
give us grace to keep the faith of the Church
and to follow in the footsteps
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Members of Religious Communities
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 45 (here) or 48 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 59 (here) or 68 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
Like everlasting foundations on a rock
are the commandments of God in the hearts of the blessed.
[Alleluia.]
Benedictus
They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as an eagle. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
You have left all things and followed me:
you will be rewarded a hundred times over and gain eternal life.
[Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
by whose grace N, kindled with the fire of your love,
became a burning and a shining light in the Church:
inflame us with the same spirit of discipline and love,
that we may ever walk before you as children of light;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Missionaries
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 29 (here) or 40 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 60 (here) or 63 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
May our whole nature be transformed
that we may come to discern the will of God. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
Christ gave them as a light to the nations
that his salvation might reach to the ends of the earth. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of those who bring good news and proclaim
the gospel of peace. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Everlasting God,
whose servant N carried the good news of your Son
to the people of … :
grant that we who commemorate his/her service
may know the hope of the gospel in our hearts
and manifest its light in all our ways;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Any Saint
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 28 (here), 44 (here) or 49 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) or 64 (here) may be said.
Eve: Magnificat (if required)
The Lord guides the humble in the right path
and teaches his way to the poor. [Alleluia.]
Benedictus
They were faithful until death
and God has given them the crown of life. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
In the heavenly kingdom,
the blessed have their dwelling place and their rest for ever and ever.
[Alleluia.]
Collect (general)
Almighty Father,
you have built up your Church
through the love and devotion of your saints:
inspire us to follow the example of N,
whom we commemorate today,
that we in our generation may rejoice with him/her
in the vision of your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
or (for Christian rulers)
Sovereign God,
who called N to be a ruler among his/her people
and gave him/her grace to be their servant:
help us, following our Saviour Christ
in the path of humble service,
to see his kingdom set forward on earth
and to enjoy its fullness in heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
or (for those working with the poor and underprivileged)
Merciful God,
you have compassion on all that you have made
and your whole creation is enfolded in your love:
help us to stand firm for your truth,
to struggle against poverty,
and to share your love with our neighbour,
that with your servant N
we may be instruments of your peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
or (for men and women of learning)
God our Father,
who gave wisdom and insight to your servant N
to fathom the depths of your love
and to understand your design for the world you have made:
grant us the help of your Holy Spirit
that we also may come to a full knowledge of your purposes
revealed in your Son Jesus Christ, our wisdom and our life;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
or (for those whose holiness was revealed in marriage and family life)
Eternal God,
whose love is revealed in the mystery of the Trinity:
help us, like your servant N,
to find in our human loving a mirror of your divine love
and to see in all your children our brothers and sisters in Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
¶ Special Occasions
The Guidance of the Holy Spirit
Red
At Morning Prayer, canticle 40 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 58 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
I will pour out my Spirit on the earth
and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
[Alleluia.]
Magnificat
The Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. [Alleluia.]
Collect
God, who from of old
taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
grant us by the same Spirit
to have a right judgement in all things
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour.
(or)
Almighty God,
you have given your Holy Spirit to the Church
to lead us into all truth:
bless with the Spirit’s grace and presence
the members of this (synod/PCC etc.);
keep us/them steadfast in faith and united in love,
that we/they may manifest your glory
and prepare the way of your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Harvest Thanksgiving
Green
Harvest Thanksgiving may be celebrated on a Sunday and may replace the provision for that day, provided it does not supersede any Principal Feast or Festival.
At Morning Prayer, canticle 22 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 69 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Consider the lilies of the field,
yet even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
Magnificat
He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness endures for ever.
Collect
Eternal God,
you crown the year with your goodness
and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season:
grant that we may use them to your glory,
for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rogation Days
White
At Morning Prayer, canticle 22 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 69 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Have faith in God,
and whatever you ask for in prayer will be yours. Alleluia.
Magnificat
Everyone who asks receives,
and everyone who searches finds. Alleluia.
Collect
Almighty God,
whose will it is that the earth and the sea
should bear fruit in due season:
bless the labours of those who work on land and sea,
grant us a good harvest
and the grace always to rejoice in your fatherly care;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(or)
Almighty God and Father,
you have so ordered our life
that we are dependent on one another:
prosper those engaged in commerce and industry
and direct their minds and hands
that they may rightly use your gifts in the service of others;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(or)
God our Father,
you never cease the work you have begun
and prosper with your blessing all human labour:
make us wise and faithful stewards of your gifts
that we may serve the common good,
maintain the fabric of our world
and seek that justice where all may share
the good things you pour upon us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Mission and Evangelism
Colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 29 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 63 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
You are the light of the world.
A city built on a hill cannot be hid. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
who called your Church to witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Unity of the Church
Colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 32 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 60 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
This is the message that we have heard from the beginning,
that we should love one another. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Christ is our peace, who has made us one
and has broken down the barriers which divided us. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Heavenly Father,
you have called us in the Body of your Son Jesus Christ
to continue his work of reconciliation
and reveal you to the world:
forgive us the sins which tear us apart;
give us the courage to overcome our fears
and to seek that unity which is your gift and your will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(or)
Lord Jesus Christ,
who said to your apostles,
‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you’:
look not on our sins but on the faith of your Church
and grant it the peace and unity of your kingdom;
where you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Peace of the World
Colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 24 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 57 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Peace I leave with you, my own peace I give you;
do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Live with one another in peace,
and the God of peace will be with you. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God,
from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed:
kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all, the true love of peace
and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom
those who take counsel for the nations of the earth
that in tranquillity your kingdom may go forward,
till the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Social Justice and Responsibility
Colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 33 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 53 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will receive mercy. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Eternal God,
in whose perfect realm
no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness,
and no strength known but the strength of love:
so guide and inspire the work of those who seek your kingdom
that all your people may find their security
in that love which casts out fear
and in the fellowship revealed to us
in Jesus Christ our Saviour.
(or)
Almighty and eternal God,
to whom we must all give account:
guide with your Spirit the … of this (city, society, etc.),
that we/they may be faithful to the mind of Christ
and seek in all our/their purposes to enrich our common life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ministry (including Ember Days)
Red or colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 31 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 67 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wishes to be first among you must be the servant of all. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
Jesus said, Do you love me?
Then feed my sheep. [Alleluia.]
Collect
(for the ministry of all Christian people)
Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
or (for those to be ordained)
Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
various orders of ministry in the Church:
look with mercy on your servants
now called to be deacons and priests;
maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Almighty God,
you have entrusted to your Church
a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
that strengthened by his power,
they may work for the increase of your kingdom
and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
or (for the inauguration of a new ministry)
God our Father, Lord of all the world,
through your Son you have called us into the fellowship
of your universal Church:
hear our prayer for your faithful people
that in their vocation and ministry
each may be an instrument of your love,
and give to your servant N now to be (installed, inducted, etc.)
the needful gifts of grace;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Ember Days
Ember Days should be kept, under the bishop’s directions, in the week before an ordination as days of prayer for those to be made deacon or priest.
Ember Days may also be kept even when there is no ordination in the diocese as more general days of prayer for those who serve the Church in its various ministries, both ordained and lay, and for vocations.
Traditionally they have been observed on the Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays within the weeks before the Third Sunday of Advent, the Second Sunday of Lent and the Sundays nearest to 29 June and 29 September.
In Time of Trouble
Colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 42 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 73 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Jesus said, Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?
And they were filled with great awe and wonder.
Magnificat
Jesus said, In the world you face persecution.
But take courage; I have overcome the world!
Collect
Sovereign God,
the defence of those who trust in you
and the strength of those who suffer:
look with mercy on our affliction
and deliver us through our mighty Saviour Jesus Christ.
For the Sovereign
Colour of the Season
At Morning Prayer, canticle 22 (here) may be said.
At Evening Prayer, canticle 72 (here) may be said.
Benedictus
Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s. [Alleluia.]
Magnificat
The greatest among you must become like the youngest,
and the leader like one who serves. [Alleluia.]
Collect
Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness,
bless our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth,
and all who are in authority under her;
that they may order all things
in wisdom and equity, righteousness and peace,
to the honour and glory of your name
and the good of your Church and people;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Common Worship: Daily Prayer, material from which is included here,
is copyright © The Archbishops' Council 2005 and published by Church House Publishing.
