CW Bernard of Clairvaux, 1153; William and Catherine Booth, 1912 and 1890

Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890

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Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 4.5-9
Psalm 19.1-4, 7
Revelation 19.5-9
John 15.7-11

Holy Communion
Ezekiel 36.23-28
Psalm 51.7-12
Matthew 22.1-14

Morning Prayer
Psalms 90, <b>92</b>
2 Samuel 7.1-17
Acts 7.44-53

Evening Prayer
Psalm <b>94</b>
Micah 4.1 – 5.1
Mark 6.1-13

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 2 or Ecclesiastes 2.12-25
John 16.1-15

Collect

Merciful redeemer,
who, by the life and preaching of your servant Bernard,
rekindled the radiant light of your Church:
grant us, in our generation,
to be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline and love
and ever to walk before you as children of light;
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

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Bernard to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.