Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326

https://almanac.oremus.org/2024-12-06

Purple / white

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 29.17-end
Psalm 27.1-4, 16-17
Matthew 9.27-31

Morning Prayer
Psalms 25, 26 (or) 17, 19
Isaiah 44.9-23
Revelation 21.22 - 22.5

Evening Prayer
Psalms 16, 17 (or) 22
Isaiah 29.1-14
Matthew 13.24-43

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.

BCP: Nicolas, Bishop of Myra, c.326