Words and Songs for the Church Year

Collects
      Father in heaven, keep your household the church steadfast in faith and love, that through your protection it may be free from all adversities, and may devoutly serve you in good works to the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. BCP. Trinity 22

      Let us pray [that God will help us to be faithful]
      Father of all that is good, keep us faithful in serving you, for to serve you is our lasting joy. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB

      Everlasting God, before the earth was formed, and even after it shall cease to be, you are God. Break into our short span of life and show us those things that are eternal, that we may serve your purposes in all we do; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in unity with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. APBA

Readings
      The coming great day.   Zephaniah 1:7-18   1:7, 12-18
      Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.   Psalm 90:1-12   90:1-8, (9-11), 12
      Deborah the prophetess.   Judges 4:1-24   4:1-7
      In you, Lord, have we trusted, let us never be confounded.   Psalm 121  
      Ready for the Lord's coming.   1 Thessalonians 5:1-11  
      The parable of the talents.   Matthew 25:14-30  

Supplementary readings
      The song of Deborah.   Judges 5:1-31   5:1-12
      Watch.   Matthew 24:36-51  

Hymns and Spiritual Songs