Mark the Evangelist

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-04-25

Red

Principal Service
Proverbs 15.28-end or
Acts 15.35-end
Psalm 119.9-16
Ephesians 4.7-16
Mark 13.5-13

Third Service
Isaiah 62.6-10 or
Ecclesiasticus 51.13-end
Acts 12.25 - 13.13
Morning Psalms
Psalms 37.23-41, 148.1-end

Second Service
Ezekiel 1.4-14
2 Timothy 4.1-11
Evening Psalm
Psalm 45

Collect

Almighty God,
who enlightened your holy Church
through the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:
grant that we, being firmly grounded
in the truth of the gospel,
may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;
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

Almighty God,
who on the day of Pentecost
sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
by the power of the same Spirit
strengthen us to witness to your truth
and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Lord God, the source of truth and love,
keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Easter 4

Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:
raise us, who trust in him,
from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,
that we may seek those things which are above,
where he reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP: Saint Mark, Evangelist

BCP Holy Communion

Ephesians 4.7-16
John 15.1-11

BCP Collect

O Almighty God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord.