The TwentY-second Sunday after Pentecost| october 25, 2026
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Music
Prelude: “Rhosymedre” R. Vaughan Williams
Entrance Hymn: #48, “O day of radiant gladness”
Sequence Hymn: #551, “Rise up, ye saints of God!”
Offertory Anthem: “Though I speak with the tongues of men” E. Bairstow
Communion Motet: “Ave Verum” W. A. Mozart
Communion Hymn: #335, “I am the bread of life”
Closing Hymn: #680, “O God, our help in ages past”
Postlude: “Chorale Prelude on “St Anne” C. H. H. Parry
Scripture
First Lesson: Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18
Psalm: 1
Second Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Gospel: Matthew 22:34-46
The Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
During Communion, the faithful who cannot receive the Sacrament with the mouth may wish to offer the following prayer.
In union, blessed Jesus, with the faithful gathered at every altar of your Church where your blessed Body and Blood are offered this day, I long to offer you praise and thanksgiving, for creation and all the blessings of this life, for the redemption won for us by your life, death, and resurrection, for the means of grace and the hope of glory.
I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament, and, since I cannot at this time receive communion, I pray you to come into my heart. I unite myself with you and embrace you with all my heart, my soul, and my mind. Let nothing separate me from you; let me serve you in this life until, by your grace, I come to your glorious kingdom and unending peace. Amen.
Come Lord Jesus, and dwell in my heart in the fullness of your strength; be my wisdom and guide me in right pathways; conform my life and actions to the image of your holiness; and, in the power of your gracious might, rule over every hostile power that threatens or disturbs the growth of your kingdom, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
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Today’s flowers are given by the Kelly family to the glory of God, and in loving memory of Jenepher Kelly and Edward J. Kelly Jr. Arranged by Audrey Jackson.
