Charles Simon
(Priest)
November 12
The Collect
O ETERNAL Lord God, who boldest all
souls in life: We beseech thee to shed forth upon thy whole Church in paradise
and on earth the bright beams of thy light and thy peace; and grant that we,
following the good examples of thy servant Charles Simeon, and of all those who
loved and served thee here, may at the last enter with them into thine unending
joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Consecration of
Samuel Seabury first American Bishop
November 14
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY GOD, who by thy divine
providence hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church, and by thy
Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy holy Apostles many excellent gifts: Give
grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops of thy Church, and more especially to
those who serve in that branch of the same planted by thee in this land; that,
following the example of thy servant Samuel Seabury, they may diligently preach
thy Word, and duly administer the godly Discipline thereof, to the glory of thy
Name, and the edification of thy Church; through the same Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Acts 20:28-32.
TAKE heed therefore unto yourselves,
and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to
feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know
this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not
sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men
arise, speaking perverse things, to
draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the
space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified.
The Gospel. St. Matthew 9:35-38.
JESUS went about all the cities and
villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching The Gospel of the
kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But
when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they
fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he
unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers
into his harvest.
St. Margaret of Wessex
(Queen of
Scotland)
November 16
The Collect.
O GOD, who didst call thy servant
Margaret to an earthly throne that she might advance thy heavenly kingdom, and
didst endue her with zeal for thy Church and charity towards thy people:
Mercifully grant that we who commemorate her example may be fruitful in good
works, and attain to the glorious fellowship of thy saints; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
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