English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era

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Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
Isaiah 43.1-7 or
Ecclesiasticus 2.10-17
Psalm 87
2 Corinthians 4.5-12
John 12.20-26

Holy Communion
Acts 8.26-end
Psalm 66.7-8, 14-end
John 6.44-51

Morning Prayer
Psalm 136 (or) 37*
Deuteronomy 7.1-11
Ephesians 2.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 73 (or) 39, 40
Exodus 25.1-22
Luke 1.57-end

Collect

Merciful God,
who, when your Church on earth was torn apart
by the ravages of sin,
raised up men and women in this land
who witnessed to their faith with courage and constancy:
give to your Church that peace which is your will,
and grant that those who have been divided on earth
may be reconciled in heaven
and share together in the vision of your glory;
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.

Post Communion

God, the source of all holiness and giver of all good things:
may we who have shared at this table
as strangers and pilgrims here on earth
be welcomed with all your saints
to the heavenly feast on the day of your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.