Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326

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Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 61.1-3
Psalm 68.1, 2a, 3-7, 10
1 Timothy 6.6-11
Mark 10.13-16

Holy Communion
Isaiah 25.6-10a
Psalm 23
Matthew 15.29-37

Morning Prayer
Psalms 5, 7 (or) 119.1-32
Isaiah 28.1-13
Matthew 12.38-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 76, 77 (or) 11, 12, 13
Isaiah 43.14-end
Revelation 21.1-8

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Isaiah 65.17 - 66.2
Matthew 24.1-14

Collect

Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who chose your servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of your grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
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, shepherd of your people,
whose servant Nicholas revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.