Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912

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Green / white

Exciting Holiness
1 Kings 3.6-10
Psalm 119.33, 34, 37-40
Titus 2.7, 8, 11-14
Matthew 5.17-20

Holy Communion
Joshua 24.1-13
Psalm 136.1-3, 16-22
Matthew 19.3-12

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
Proverbs 3.27-4.19
Mark 4.21-34

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
2 Samuel 1
Acts 5.12-26

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Jeremiah 18.1-11
Hebrews 1.1-9

Collect

Holy and loving God,
you dwell in the human heart
and make us partakers of the divine nature
in Christ our great high priest:
help us who remember your servant Jeremy Taylor
to put our trust in your heavenly promises
and follow a holy life in virtue and true godliness;
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 truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Jeremy Taylor to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.