Weekly Readings and Collects
9 August - 10th Sunday after Trinity
​1 Kings 19:9-18
Romans 10:5-15
Matthew 14:22-33
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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
16 August - 11th Sunday after Trinity/The Blessed Virgin Mary
​Revelation 11:19-12.6,10
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 1:46-55
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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
23 August - 12th Sunday after Trinity/Bartholomew the Apostle
​Acts 5:12-16
1 Corinthians 4:9-15
Luke 22:24-30
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,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
30 August - 13th Sunday after Trinity
​Jeremiah 15:15-21
Romans 12:9-end
Matthew 16:21-end
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.
6 September - 14th Sunday after Trinity
​Ezekiel 33:7-11
Romans 13:8-end
Matthew 18:15-20
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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
13 September - 15th Sunday after Trinity/Holy Cross Day
​Numbers 21:4-9
Philippians 2:6-11
John 3:13- 17
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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
20 September - 16th Sunday after Trinity/Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist
​Proverbs 3:13-18
2 Corinthians 4:1-6
Matthew 9:9-13
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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
27 September - 17th Sunday after Trinity/Michael & All Angels
​Revelation 12:7-12
Hebrews 1:5-end
John 1:47-end
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.
4 October - 18th Sunday after Trinity
​Isaiah 5:1-7
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.
11 October - 19th Sunday after Trinity
​1 Kings 19:9-18
Romans 10:5-15
Matthew 14:22-33
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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.