Day of Pentecost, Whitsunday May 23

The Collect: Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your 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 Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 both will be read from the International Children’s Bible

Psalm 104: 25-35,37 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Second Lesson: Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21 both will be read from the King James 21 Century Version Bible

Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 will be read from the Lexham English Bible

Closing Prayer: May 24 we celebrate the life of Jackson Kemper. First Missionary Bishop in the United States. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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