The Beheading of John the Baptist

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Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
Jeremiah 1.4-10
Psalm 11
Hebrews 11.32 - 12.2
Matthew 14.1-12

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
Psalm 139.1-9
Matthew 23.23-26

Morning Prayer
Psalms 87, 89.1-18
Proverbs 8.22-end
Mark 5.21-34

Evening Prayer
Psalm 89.19-end
2 Samuel 5.1-12
Acts 7.1-16

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant John the Baptist
to be the forerunner of your Son in birth and death:
strengthen us by your grace
that, as he suffered for the truth,
so we may boldly resist corruption and vice
and receive with him the unfading crown of 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

Merciful Lord,
whose prophet John the Baptist
proclaimed your Son as the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world:
grant that we who in this sacrament
have known your forgiveness and your life-giving love
may ever tell of your mercy and your peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.