Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862
Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274

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Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 3.1-8
Psalm 20.1-5a, 6, 7, 9
James 5.7-11, 13-18
Matthew 5.43-end

Holy Communion
Exodus 3.13-20
Psalm 105.1-2, 23
Matthew 11.28-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 143, 146
Ezekiel 12.17-end
2 Corinthians 8.16-9.5

Evening Prayer
Psalms 138, 140, 141
1 Samuel 8
Luke 21.29-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Job 38
Luke 18.1-14

Collect

Almighty God,
by whose grace we celebrate again
the feast of your servant Swithun:
grant that, as he governed with gentleness
the people committed to his care,
so we, rejoicing in our Christian inheritance,
may always seek to build up your Church in unity and love;
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 Swithun 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.