The twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Jer. xxiii. 5-8. The Gospel. John vi. 5—14. If there be any mo Sundays before ADVENT Sunday, to supply the same shall be taken the Service of some of those Sundays that were omitted between the Epiphany and Septuagesima : but the same shall follow the twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. And if there be fewer Sundays than twenty-five before Advent, then shall the twenty-third or twenty-fourth, or both, be omitted: so that the five and twentieth shall never either alter, or be left out, but be always used immediately before Advent Sunday, to the which the Epistle and Gospel of that do expressly relate. St. Andrew's Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy word, may forthwith give over ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. x. 9—21. St. Thomas the Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, which for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Saint Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection: Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour, &c. (Amen.) The Epistle. Ephes. ii. 19-24. The Conversion of St. Paul. The Collect. GOD, which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saint Paul: Grant, we beseech thee, that we which have his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may follow and fulfil thy holy doctrine that he taught, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Acts ix. 1-23. The Purification of St. Mary the Virgin. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in the substance of our flesh; so grant that we may be presented unto thee, with pure and clear minds, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. (The same that is appointed for the Sunday.) St. Matthias's Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which in the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Saint Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Acts i. 15-26. The Gospel. Matth. xi. 25-30. ¶Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. WE beseech thee, Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known Christ thy Son's incarnation by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Isa. vii. 10-16. St. Mark's Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evan gelist Saint Mark: Give us grace that we be not like children, carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, but that we may be firmly established in the truth of thy holy Gospel, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7-17. ¶ Sts. Philip and James's Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, as thou hast taught St. Philip, and other the Apostles, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. James i. 1-13. The Gospel. John xiv. 1—15. St. Barnabas, Apostle. The Collect. LORD Almighty, which hast endued thy holy Apostle Saint Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost: Let us not be destitute of thy manifold |