The Twentieth Sunday after Whitsunday. THE COLLECT. O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee, mercifully grant that thy holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; that they may be cleansed from every thing which defileth, and always inclined to keep thy law, through our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. THE COLLECT. GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens, so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth to make intercession for us, at the right hand of God, for ever and ever. Amen. THE GOSPEL. Mark, xvi. 14-20. The Sunday after Ascension Day. en; THE COLLECT. O GOD, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heavwe beseech thee leave us not comfortless ; but send to us thine holy Spirit to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth to make intercession for us at the right hand of God for ever and Amen. ever. GOD, who as at this time, didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit; grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through Christ Jesus our Saviour; in whose name we ascribe unto thee all honour and glory now and for ever. Amen. THE GOSPEL. JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, &c. as the Father The First Sunday after Whitsunday. THE COLLECT. |