CW Bede, 735; Aldhelm, 709

The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735
Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, 709

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Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
Psalm 78.1-4a, 5, 6a, 7
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
John 21.20-25

Holy Communion
Acts 22.30, 23.6-11
Psalm 16.1, 5-end
John 17.20-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 24, 72 (or) 113, 115
Deuteronomy 32.15-47
1 John 4.1-6

Evening Prayer
Psalm 139 (or) 114, 116, 117
Numbers 24
Luke 8.26-39

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:
Ezekiel 11.14-20
Matthew 9.35-10.20

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ezekiel 11.14-20
Matthew 9.35 – 10.20

Collect

God our maker,
whose Son Jesus Christ gave to your servant Bede
grace to drink in with joy the word
that leads us to know you and to love you:
in your goodness
grant that we also may come at length to you,
the source of all wisdom,
and stand before your face;
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 Bede
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.