The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
14th October 1387
For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.
Principal Service
Collect One
Saving and healing God,
you have promised
that those who have died with Christ
shall live with him:
grant us grace to be continually thankful
for all you have done for us,
and in that thankfulness to be eager to serve
and live for others,
so that we and all your children
may rejoice in your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Collect Two
Almighty and everlasting God:
Increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Reading
The Psalm
The Second Reading
The Gospel Reading
View readingsPost Communion Prayer
All praise and thanks, O Christ,
for this sacred banquet,
in which by faith we receive you,
the memory of your passion is renewed,
our lives are filled with grace,
and a pledge of future glory given,
to feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.
Suggested Hymns
(c) 1st Reading Exodus 32: 1–14
584* Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult
637* O for a closer walk with God
(c) Psalm Psalm 106: 1–6, 19–23
353* Give to our God immortal praise
30* Let us with a gladsome mind
634* Love divine, all loves excelling
45* Praise, O praise our God and King
20* The King of love my shepherd is
(p) 1st Reading Isaiah 25: 1–9
512* From you all skill and science flow
466* Here from all nations, all tongues and all peoples
467* How bright those glorious spirits shine
553* Jesu, lover of my soul
135* [O come, O come, Emmanuel]
280 [Our Lord Christ hath risen]
(p) Psalm Psalm 23 [L4A/E4ABC/Pr11B*]
644* Faithful Shepherd, feed me
645* Father, hear the prayer we offer
466* Here from all nations, all tongues, and all peoples
467* How bright those glorious spirits shine
655* Loving Shepherd of your sheep
433* My God, your table here is spread
235 O sacred head, sore wounded
365* Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the King of creation
20* The King of love my shepherd is
21* The Lord’s my shepherd; I’ll not want
448 The trumpets sound, the angels sing
2nd Reading Philippians 4: 1–9
349* Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
225 In the cross of Christ I glory
16* Like a mighty river flowing
636* May the mind of Christ my Saviour
505 Peace be to this congregation
507 Put peace into each other’s hands
539 Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
281* Rejoice, the Lord is King!
71 Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise
627* What a friend we have in Jesus
The Gospel Matthew 22: 1–14
406* Christians, lift your hearts and voices
408* Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
418* Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
421* I come with joy, a child of God
587* Just as I am without one plea
433* My God, your table here is spread
445* Soul, array thyself with gladness
20* The King of love my shepherd is
448 The trumpets sound, the angels sing
529* Thy hand, O God, has guided
451 We come as guests invited
145* You servants of the Lord