The First Sunday of Advent November 29, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 Collect of the Day Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Christ the King - The Last Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 Collect of the Day Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 15, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning The Lessons Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; Psalm 90:1-8, 12; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 Collect of the Day Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Twenty-third Sunday After Pentecost November 8, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Amos 5:18-24; Psalm 70; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Collect of the Day O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. All Saints' Day November 1, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18; Psalm 1; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46 Collect of the Day Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen. |
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