Common Worship: Collects and Post Communions (Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England)

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Harvest Thanksgiving may be celebrated on a Sunday and may replace the provision for that day, provided it does not supersede any Principal Feast or Festival. Collect O Lord God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle If the Principal Service readings have been displaced by Mothering Sunday provisions , they may be used at the Second Service. In years when Remembrance Sunday is observed on the Second Sunday before Advent, the Collect and Post Communion for the Third Sunday before Advent may be used on Remembrance Sunday and the Collect and Post Communion for the Second Sunday before Advent may be used on the Third Sunday before Advent. The Second Sunday before Advent Red or

When the procession has taken place earlier in the service, then at the end a hymn may be sung, or the canticle Nunc dimittis in one of the forms here may be used. This Collect may be used as the Post Communion on any day from the Second Sunday of Advent until Christmas Eve instead of the Post Communion provided.To him be glory both now and for ever. 25 December Christmas Day Principal Feast Gold or White Collect The season of joyful celebration that begins at Christmas now continues through the successive Sundays of Epiphany, and the festal cycle ends only with the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas). The child who has been manifested to the magi at his birth is now recognized by Simeon and Anna, when he comes to be presented in the Temple according to the Law of Israel. He is both ‘a light to lighten the Gentiles’ and ‘the glory of God’s people Israel’. But the redemption he will bring must be won through suffering; the Incarnation is directed to the Passion; and Simeon’s final words move our attention away from the celebration of Christmas and towards the mysteries of Easter. Seasonal Material Invitations to Confession

One of the Post Communions of Apostles and Evangelists is used ( here). 29 September Michael and All Angels White Collect Any movement through the church will depend on the position of the crib, the font and the holy table, and on whether or not the service is combined with a celebration of Holy Communion. If the font is not easily accessible, or too close to the crib, a large vessel can be set on a table in the middle of the church for the Prayer over the Water, to be carried from there to the font at the end of the service. 5 Ministries Simeon took the child Jesus in his arms and praised God, saying, ‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’ If it is desired to combine this service with a celebration of Holy Communion, the Lord’s Prayer, the final hymn and the blessing are omitted, and the Liturgy of the Sacrament begins after the Renewal of the Covenant, with the Peace. In this case, ‘The New Creation is Revealed in the Water made Wine’ may be more appropriately used after the Renewal of the Covenant. 4 Movement The sacrament of Holy Baptism may appropriately be administered at this service. If this is done, the necessary elements of the service of Holy Baptism are incorporated as indicated here and the Thanksgiving for Holy Baptism is omitted. ¶ The Gathering ↑The procession, with the water, moves to the font as a hymn is sung or music is played. The congregation may follow. Romans 8.35-end; 2 Corinthians 4.7-15; 2 Timothy 2.3-7 [8-13]; Hebrews 11.32-end; 1 Peter 4.12-end; Revelation 12.10-12a Biddings may be given before the Prayers of Intercession, which are then said without interpolation. Concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God, who worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. The Gospel In years when Remembrance Sunday is observed on the Second Sunday before Advent, the Collect and Post Communion for the Third Sunday before Advent may be used on Remembrance Sunday and the Collect and Post Communion for the Second Sunday before Advent may be used on the Third Sunday before Advent. The Second Sunday before Advent Red or Green Collect

The psalm or canticle follows the first reading; other hymns and songs may be used between the readings. Gospel Reading At the procession a hymn or canticle is sung. At the start of the service this may be the Gloria in excelsis. If the procession is made before the Gospel, the hymn ‘Hail to the Lord who comes’ is appropriate. Nunc dimittis is more suitable when the procession is made at the end of the service. One of the Post Communions of Apostles and Evangelists is used ( here). 22 July Mary Magdalene White Collect The Prayer over the Water may be followed by a suitable chant or acclamation. The Renewal of the CovenantIf the procession takes place earlier in the service, the congregation assembles in a convenient place. Candles are distributed before the procession, which may take place at the beginning or before the reading of the Gospel.

The procession, with the gifts, moves to the crib as a hymn is sung or music is played. The congregation may follow. This service is appropriate for the Feast of the Epiphany, whether it is celebrated on 6 January or transferred to the Sunday falling between 2 and 8 January. ¶ The Gathering ↑ One of the Post Communions of Apostles and Evangelists is used ( here). 14 May Matthias Red Collect Ephesians 3.14-19; or 6.11-18; Hebrews 13.7,8,15,16; James 2.14-17; 1 John 4.7-16; Revelation 21.[1-4] 5-7The procession, with the chalice or flagon of wine, moves to the holy table as a hymn is sung or music is played. The congregation may follow.