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Weekly Readings and Collects

1 October - Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
 

Exodus 17: 1-7
Philippians 2: 1 - 13
Matthew 21: 23-32

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 your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

8 October - Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
 

Exodus 20: 1-4,7-9
Philippians 3: 4b - 14
Matthew 21: 33-end

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 your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

15 October - Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
 

Exodus 32: 1-14
Philippians 4: 1 - 9
Matthew 22: 1-14

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 your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

22nd October - Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
 

Exodus 33: 12-end
1 Thessalonians 1: 1 - 10
Matthew 22: 15-22

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 your Son our Lord,

who  is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

29th October - Last Sunday after Trinity
 

Nehemiah 8: 1-4a(5-6)8-12
Colossians 3: 12 - 17
Matthew 24: 30-35

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,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

5th November - Fourth Sunday before Advent
 

Micah 3: 5-end
1 Thessalonians 2: 9 - 13
Matthew 24: 1-14

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 your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

12th November - Third Sunday before Advent
 

Wisdom 6: 12-16
1 Thessalonians 4:13-end
Matthew 25: 1-13

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.

19th November - Second Sunday before Advent
 

Zephaniah 1:7, 12-end
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Matthew 25: 14-30

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.

26th November - Christ the King- Sunday next before Advent
 

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Ephesians 1:15-end
Matthew 25: 31-end

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

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