Events Calendar
Saturday 02 February 2019
The Presentation (Candlemas) may be celebrated either on Saturday 2 February, or transferred to Sunday 3 February.
If the Presentation is celebrated Saturday 2 February:
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
http://almanac.oremus.org/2019-02-02
Gold or White
Principal Feast
Principal Service
Malachi 3.1-5
Psalm 24.[1-6]7-10
Hebrews 2.14-18
Luke 2.22-40
Third Service
Exodus 13.1-16
Romans 12.1-5
Morning Psalms
Psalms 48, 146
Second Service
Haggai 2.1-9
John 2.18-22
Evening Psalms
Psalms 122, 132
Collect
Almighty and ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
Lord, you fulfilled the hope of Simeon and Anna,
who lived to welcome the Messiah:
may we, who have received these gifts beyond words,
prepare to meet Christ Jesus when he comes
to bring us to eternal life;
for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
Collect on the Eve of 5 before Lent
Almighty God,
by whose grace alone we are accepted
and called to your service:
strengthen us by your Holy Spirit
and make us worthy of our calling;
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.
If the Presentation is celebrated on Sunday 3 February:
White
Holy Communion
Hebrews 11.1-2, 8-19
Canticle:
Luke 1.69-73
Mark 4.35-end
Morning Prayer
Psalm 68 (or) 147
Hosea 8
1 Corinthians 12.1-11
Evening Prayer on the Eve the Presentation
Psalm 118
1 Samuel 1.19b-28
Hebrews 4.11-16
Collect
God our creator,
who in the beginning
commanded the light to shine out of darkness:
we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ
may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief,
shine into the hearts of all your people,
and reveal the knowledge of your glory
in the face 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.
Post Communion
Generous Lord,
in word and eucharist we have proclaimed the mystery of your love:
help us so to live out our days
that we may be signs of your wonders in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Additional Collect
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.
Collect on the Eve of The Presentation
Almighty and ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
BCP: The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
BCP: BCP Holy Communion
Malachi 3.1-5
Psalm 48.1-7
Galatians 4.1-7
Luke 2.22-40
BCP Collect
Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
If the Presentation is celebrated Saturday 2 February:
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
http://almanac.oremus.org/2019-02-02
Gold or White
Principal Feast
Principal Service
Malachi 3.1-5
Psalm 24.[1-6]7-10
Hebrews 2.14-18
Luke 2.22-40
Third Service
Exodus 13.1-16
Romans 12.1-5
Morning Psalms
Psalms 48, 146
Second Service
Haggai 2.1-9
John 2.18-22
Evening Psalms
Psalms 122, 132
Collect
Almighty and ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
Lord, you fulfilled the hope of Simeon and Anna,
who lived to welcome the Messiah:
may we, who have received these gifts beyond words,
prepare to meet Christ Jesus when he comes
to bring us to eternal life;
for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
Collect on the Eve of 5 before Lent
Almighty God,
by whose grace alone we are accepted
and called to your service:
strengthen us by your Holy Spirit
and make us worthy of our calling;
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.
If the Presentation is celebrated on Sunday 3 February:
White
Holy Communion
Hebrews 11.1-2, 8-19
Canticle:
Luke 1.69-73
Mark 4.35-end
Morning Prayer
Psalm 68 (or) 147
Hosea 8
1 Corinthians 12.1-11
Evening Prayer on the Eve the Presentation
Psalm 118
1 Samuel 1.19b-28
Hebrews 4.11-16
Collect
God our creator,
who in the beginning
commanded the light to shine out of darkness:
we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ
may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief,
shine into the hearts of all your people,
and reveal the knowledge of your glory
in the face 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.
Post Communion
Generous Lord,
in word and eucharist we have proclaimed the mystery of your love:
help us so to live out our days
that we may be signs of your wonders in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Additional Collect
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.
Collect on the Eve of The Presentation
Almighty and ever-living God,
clothed in majesty,
whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple,
in substance of our flesh:
grant that we may be presented to you
with pure and clean hearts,
by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
BCP: The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
BCP: BCP Holy Communion
Malachi 3.1-5
Psalm 48.1-7
Galatians 4.1-7
Luke 2.22-40
BCP Collect
Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.