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CW Francis of Assisi, 1226
Saturday 04 October 2025
Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-04

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Exciting Holiness
Micah 6.6-8
Psalm 100
Galatians 6.14-end
Luke 12.22-34

Holy Communion
Baruch 4.5-12, 27-29 or
Joshua 22.1-6
Psalm 69.33-37
Luke 10.17-24

Morning Prayer
Psalms 41, 42, 43
Wisdom 10.15 - 11.10 or
2 Chronicles 1.1-13
Mark 12.18-27

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
1 Kings 12.1-24
Acts 18.22 - 19.7

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Dedication Festival
Psalm 24
2 Chronicles 7.11-16
John 4.19-29

Collect

O God, you ever delight to reveal yourself
to the childlike and lowly of heart:
grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis,
we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness
and know only Jesus Christ and him crucified,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Francis
that he served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 16

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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.

Collect on the Eve of the Dedication Festival

Almighty God,
to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
of this house of prayer:
we praise you for the many blessings
you have given to those who worship you here:
and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
may become a living temple acceptable to 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.