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Holy Communion
DEL week 21
1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
Psalm 139.1-9
Matthew 23.23-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
Proverbs 1.20-end
Mark 3.7-19a

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
1 Samuel 26
Acts 4.1-12

Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
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 of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In the BCP calendar, the Festival of St Bartholomew may either be celebrated on Sunday 24 August or it may be transferred to Tuesday 26 August

BCP: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

BCP Holy Communion

Genesis 28.10-17
Psalm 15
Acts 5.12-16
Luke 22.24-30

BCP Collect

O Almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord.