CW Alcuin of York, 804

Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804

https://almanac.oremus.org/2026-05-20

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Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3
Psalm 123
Colossians 3.12-16
John 4.19-24

Holy Communion
Acts 20.28-end
Psalm 68.27-28, 32-end
John 17.11-19

Morning Prayer
Psalms 2, <b>29</b> (or) 110, <b>111</b>, 112
Numbers 23.13-end
Luke 8.16-25

Evening Prayer
Psalms 36, <b>46</b> (or) <b>119.129-152</b>
Deuteronomy 31.30 – 32.14
1 John 3.11-end

An alternative sequence of readings may be used at one of the offices between Ascension Day and Pentecost, in preparation for the Day of Pentecost:
1 Kings 19.1-18
Matthew 3.13-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Kings 19.1-18
Matthew 3.13-end

Collect

God of wisdom, eternal light,
who shone in the heart of your servant Alcuin,
revealing to him your power and pity:
scatter the darkness of our ignorance
that, with all our heart and mind and strength,
we may seek your face
and be brought with all your saints
to your holy presence;
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

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Alcuin
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.