Book of Common Prayer (ECUSA)/The Collects for the Church Year
The Collects
for the
Church Year
Concerning the Proper
of the Church Year
The Proper of the Church Year includes the appointed Collects; the Proper Prefaces, directions for which are to be found in the pages following; and the appointed Psalms and Lessons, which appear in tables beginning on page 889.
The Proper appointed for the Sunday is also used at celebrations of the Eucharist on the weekdays following, unless otherwise ordered for Holy Days and Various Occasions.
The Proper to be used on each of the Sundays after Pentecost (except for Trinity Sunday) is determined by the calendar date of that Sunday. Thus, in any year, the Proper for the Sunday after Trinity Sunday (the Second Sunday after Pentecost) is the numbered Proper (number 3 through number 8), the calendar date of which falls on that Sunday, or is closest to it, whether before or after. Thereafter, the Propers are used consecutively. For example, if the Sunday after Trinity Sunday is May 26, the sequence begins with Proper 3 (Propers 1 and 2 being used on the weekdays of Pentecost and Trinity weeks). If the Sunday after Trinity Sunday is June 13, the sequence begins with Proper 6 (Propers 1 through 3 being omitted that year, and Propers 4 and 5 being used in Pentecost and Trinity weeks). See also the Table on pages 884-885.
The Collect appointed for any Sunday or other Feast may be used at the evening service of the day before.
Directions concerning the Common of Saints and services for Various Occasions are on pages 195, 199, 246 and 251.
The Collects: Traditional
Seasons of the Year 159
Season after Pentecost 176
Holy Days 185
Common of Saints 195
Various Occasions 199
The Collects: Contemporary
Seasons of the Year 211
Season after Pentecost 228
Holy Days 237
Common of Saints 246
Various Occasions 251