The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
26th September 1402
For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.
Principal Service
Collect One
Grant, O merciful God,
that your people may have that mind
that was in Christ Jesus,
who emptied himself,
and took the form of a servant,
and in humility became obedient even to death.
For you have exalted him
and bestowed on him a name
that is above every name,
Jesus Christ, the 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 17: 1–7 [L3A]
607 As pants the hart for cooling streams
606* As the deer pants for the water
645* Father, hear the prayer we offer
646* Glorious things of thee are spoken
647* Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
431* Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
435* O God, unseen, yet ever near
557* Rock of ages, cleft for me
(c) Psalm Psalm 78: 1–4, 12–16
254 [At the Lamb’s high feast we sing]
262 [Come, ye faithful, raise the strain]
647* Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
557* Rock of ages, cleft for me
(p) 1st Reading Ezekiel 18: 1–4, 25–32
638* O for a heart to praise my God
(p) Psalm Psalm 25: 1–8
17* Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness
(Treoragh mé, treoragh mé, a Thiarna)
652* Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
712* Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
2nd Reading Philippians 2: 1–13
250* All hail the power of Jesus’ name
684 All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine
218* And can it be that I should gain
630* Blessed are the pure in heart
496* For the healing of the nations
454* Forth in the peace of Christ we go
91* He is Lord, he is Lord
523* Help us to help each other, Lord
211* Immortal love for ever full
94* In the name of Jesus
275 Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious
168* Lord, you were rich beyond all splendour
636* May the mind of Christ my Saviour
228* Meekness and majesty
102* Name of all majesty
392 Now is eternal life
173* O Jesu so meek, O Jesu so kind
285* The head that once was crowned with thorns
112* There is a Redeemer
114* Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown
117* To the name of our salvation
116 To our Redeemer’s glorious name
The Gospel Matthew 21: 23–32
86 Christ is the King, O friends, rejoice
593* O Jesus, I have promised
136* [On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry]