Collect for the 4th Sunday before Lent: Lord of the hosts of heaven, our salvation and our strength, without you we are lost: guard us from all that harms or hurts and raise us when we fall; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Bible Readings: 1 Corinthians 15.1-11; Luke 5.1-11
Collect for the Presentation of Christ: Lord Jesus Christ, light of the nations and glory of Israel: make your home among us, and present us pure and holy to your heavenly Father, your God, and our God. Amen Bible readings: Luke 2.22-40; 1 Corinthians 13.1-13.
Collect for Epiphany 4: God of heaven, you send the gospel to the ends of the earth and your messengers to every nation: send your Holy Spirit to transform us by the good news of everlasting life in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Bible Readings: 1 Corinthians 12.12-31a; Luke 4.14-21
Collect for Epiphany 3: God of all mercy, your Son proclaimed good news to the poor, release to the captives, and freedom to the oppressed: anoint us with your Holy Spirit and set all your people free to praise you in Christ our Lord. Amen. Bible Readings: Psalm 36.5-10; John 2.1-11 Below are pictures of a […]
Collect for the Baptism of Christ: Heavenly Father, at the Jordan you revealed Jesus as your Son: may we recognize him as our Lord and know ourselves to be your beloved children; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. Bible Readings: Isaiah 43.1-7; Luke 3.15-17,21,22
Collect for Epiphany: Creator of the heavens, who led the Magi by a star to worship the Christ-child: guide and sustain us, that we may find our journey’s end in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Bible Readings: Isaiah 60.1-6; Matthew 2.1-12
Collect for Christmas 1: 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 […]
Collect for Christmas Eve: 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, […]
Collect: 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. Amen Bible Reading: Micah 5.2-5a; Luke 1.39-45
Collect: Almighty God, as your kingdom dawns, turn us from the darkness of sin to the light of holiness, that we may be ready to meet you in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen Readings: Jeremiah 33.14-16; Luke 21.25-36