First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us
your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to
acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the
power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep
us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to
see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with
the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.
Proper 1 (Sunday closest to May 11)
Remember, O Lord, what you have wrought in us and not
what we deserve; and, as you have called us to your service,
make us worthy of our calling; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 2 (Sunday closest to May 18)
Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness keep us, we
pray, from all things that may hurt us, that we, being ready
both in mind and body, may accomplish with free hearts
those things which belong to your purpose; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 3 (Sunday closest to May 25)
Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be
peaceably governed by your providence; and that your
Church may joyfully serve you in confidence and serenity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 4 (Sunday closest to June 1)
O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things
both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you,
all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable
for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Proper 5 (Sunday closest to June 8)
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your
inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by
your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 6 (Sunday closest to June 15)
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast
faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim
your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with
compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and for ever. Amen.
Proper 7 (Sunday closest to June 22)
O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your
holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom
you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 8 (Sunday closest to June 29)
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself
being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together
in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a
holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 9 (Sunday closest to July 6)
O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments
by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your
Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to your with our whole
heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lvies and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 10 (Sunday closest to July 13)
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who
call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand
what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and
power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ
our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 11 (Sunday closest to July 20)
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our
necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have
compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those
things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our
blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 12 (Sunday closest to July 27)
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom
nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon
us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so
pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 13 (Sunday closest to August 3)
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your
Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without
your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 14 (Sunday closest to August 10)
Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always
those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without
you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 15 (Sunday closest to August 17)
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a
sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us
grace to receive thankfully the fruits of this redeeming work,
and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Proper 16 (Sunday closest to August 24)
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered
together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your
power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirt, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 17 (Sunday closest to August 31)
Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good
things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in
us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth
in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 18 (Sunday closest to September 7)
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as
you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength,
so you never forsake those who make their boast of your
mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Proper 19 (Sunday closest to September 14)
O God, because without you we are not able to please you,
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct
and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Proper 20 (Sunday closest to September 21)
Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to
love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among
things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall
endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 21 (Sunday closest to September 28)
O God, who declares your almighty power chiefly in showing
mercy and pity: Mercifully grant us such a measure of
your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may be
made partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ
our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 22 (Sunday closest to October 5)
Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to
hear than we to pray, and to give more than either
desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of
thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience
is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not
worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus
Christ thy Son our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 23 (Sunday closest to October 12)
Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always precede and
follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good
works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 24 (Sunday closest to October 19)
Almighty and everlasting God, who in Christ hast revealed
thy glory among the nations: Preserve the works of thy
mercy, that thy Church throughout the world may persevere
with steadfast faith in the confession of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 25 (Sunday closest to October 26)
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of
faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you
promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Proper 26 (Sunday closest to November 2)
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that
your faithful people offer you true and laudable service:
Grant, we beseech you, that we may run without stumbling
to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ
our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 27 (Sunday closest to November 9)
O God, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might
destroy the works of the devil and make us children of
God and heirs of eternal life: Grant us, we beseech you, that,
having this hope, we may purify ourselves even as he is pure;
that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory,
we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious
kingdom; where with you, O Father, and you, O Holy Spirit,
he lives and reigns forever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Proper 28 (Sunday closest to November 16)
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be
written for our learning: Grant us so to
hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace
and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which
you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
Proper 29 (Sunday closest to November 23)
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all
things in your dearly beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of
lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided
and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together
under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.