Charles, King and Martyr, 1649

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Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 2.12-end
Psalm 20.1-4, 6-9
1 Timothy 6.12-16
Matthew 20.25-28

Holy Communion
2 Samuel 18.9-10, 14, 24-25, 30 - 19.3
Psalm 86.1-6
Mark 5.21-43

If the Presentation is celebrated on Friday 2 February:

Morning Prayer
Psalms 93, 97 (or) 132, 133
Genesis 18.16-end
Matthew 27.27-44

Evening Prayer
Psalms 19, 21 (or) (134), 135
Hosea 10
1 Corinthians 13

Or, if the Presentation is celebrated on Sunday 28 January:

Morning Prayer
Psalms 132, 133
Genesis 24.29-end
1 Timothy 6.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms (134), 135
Ecclesiastes 2
John 17.6-19

Collect

King of kings and Lord of lords,
whose faithful servant Charles
prayed for those who persecuted him
and died in the living hope of your eternal kingdom:
grant us by your grace so to follow his example
that we may love and bless our enemies,
through the intercession of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Charles:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Charles:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.