Category: Bible

Also celebrated in some communions as Trinity Sunday. While some Universalists have always been Trinitarians — at least a few — the propers here barely line up.

Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)

Trinity Sunday or First Sunday after Pentecost.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity; grant that by stedfastness in the same faith we may ever be defended from all evil; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Epistle: Rev. iv, 1-11 (end), or Rom. xi, 33-36 (end).
Gospel: John iii, 1-15, or Matt. xxviii, 18-20 (end).

A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)

First Sunday after Whit-Sunday

O Lord our God, who by thy Son hast taught us that love is the fulfilling of the law and of the gospel; fill us, we beseech thee, with the spirit of universal charity, that we may love thee above all, and our neighbor as ourselves. Amen.

Gospel, St. John iii 1.
Epistle. 1 St. John iv. 7.

Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)

Fourth Sunday after Easter

O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people, that they may love the the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Epistle. James i, 17-21.
Gospel. John xvi, 2-15.

A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)

Fourth Sunday after Easter

O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people that they may love the the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, even on the kingdom and promises of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Epistle St. James i, 17.
Gospel St. John xvi, 5.

Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)

Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Epistle: I John v, 4-12
Gospel: John xx, 19-31 (end).

A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)

Holy and merciful Lord God, who multipliest upon us the gifts of thy heavenly grace; grant that by thy best-beloved Son we may be enabled to bear our crosses, and that by his resurrection we may have good hope of a happy end to our earthly pilgrimage. Amen.

Gospel, St. John xx. 19.
Epistle,  1 St John v. 4.

Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)

Sunday before Easter
commonly called
Palm Sunday

Almighty and everlasting, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Epistle: Phil. ii, 5-11.
¶ Immediately before the Gospel the Passion according to St. Matthew (Matt. xxvi and xxvii) may be read.
Gospel: Matt. xxi, 1-9.

A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)

The Sunday before Good Friday
Palm Sunday

Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; mercifully grant that we way both follow the example of his resurrection, and dwell with him hereafter forever and ever. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. xxvii. 1.
Epistle, Phil. ii. 5.

Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)

We beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Epistle: Eph. v, 1-14.
Gospel: Luke xi, 14-28.

A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)

Eleventh Sunday after Christmas

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee.

Gospel, St. Luke xviii. 31.
Epistle, 1 Cor. xiii. 1.

I feel confident enough in my typing to resume my weekly lectionary propers.

Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)

Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves; keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; than we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Epistle: 1 Thess. iv. 1-8.
Gospel: Matt. xv. 21-28.

A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)

Tenth Sunday after Christmas

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the zeal of thy faithful people; that the yoke of Jesus may become easy to them; that their Christian love may work all the miracles of grace, till from grace it pass to glory, from earth to heaven, from duty to reward, from weakness of a commencing and growing affection to the consummation of eternal charity and a complete union with thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Gospel, St. Luke viii. 4v
Epistle, 2 Cor. xi. 19.

Bill Baar wonders why there isn’t more buzz about Peter Morales’s vision of the Unitarian Universalist Association. God knows I’ve worked on a blog post on it a good bit of the morning and now realize it wouldn’t be done tonight. Perhaps Monday or Tuesday. Not easy work, so I’ll put up the lectionary propers early and keep moving…