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  List of sources
     
     
    Every effort has been made to identify the source for each prayer.
If there are any inadvertent omissions we apologize to those concerned.
Abbreviations
ACANZP, NZPB Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia,
A New Zealand Prayer Book (1989)
ACC, BAS Anglican Church of Canada, Book of Alternative Services (1985)
ASB The Alternative Service Book 1980
BCP The Book of Common Prayer
CCP Celebrating Common Prayer (1992)
Cloud The Cloud of Witnesses (1982)
CinW, BCP Church in Wales, Book of Common Prayer
CofI Church of Ireland
CofI Collects Church of Ireland, Collects and Post-Communion Prayers (1995)
CPSA Church of the Province of Southern Africa
CPSA, APB Church of the Province of Southern Africa,
An Anglican Prayer Book (1989)
CSI The Book of Common Worship of the Church of South India (1963)
ECUSA, BCP Episcopal Church of the USA, Book of Common Prayer (1979)
Enriching Michael Perham, Enriching the Christian Year (1993)
Patterns Patterns for Worship (1995)
PP F. Colquhoun, Parish Prayers (1967)
Prayers David Silk, Prayers for Use at the Alternative Services (1980)
Promise The Promise of His Glory (1991)
SEC, BCP Scottish Episcopal Church, Book of Common Prayer (1929)
1928 The Book of Common Prayer as Proposed in 1928

 

 

    C denotes the original Common Worship collect and PC the post communion.
    All of the Additional Collects are new.
    * indicates that the prayer has been amended.
    For a table correlating Common Worship collects with their BCP originals, see Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, page 522.
First Sunday of Advent C: ASB (BCP adapted)*; PC: Gelasian Sacramentary
Second Sunday of Advent C: BCP*; PC: Promise (from David Silk, Prayers)*
Third Sunday of Advent C: BCP*; PC:Westcott House, Cambridge*
Fourth Sunday of Advent C: Promise (based on SEC, BCP: also ASB Franciscan)*;
PC: ASB (adapted from F. Colquhoun, PP: author unknown)*
Christmas Eve C: ASB (translation from the Latin Missal); PC: Promise*
Christmas Night C: ASB (translation from the Latin Missal); PC: Promise*
Christmas Day C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS*
First Sunday of Christmas C: ASB (1928 adapted); PC: ASB*
Second Sunday of Christmas C: CofI, Collects; PC: ASB (BCP adapted)
Epiphany C: BCP*; PC: Promise*
Baptism of Christ C: ASB (based on CSI); PC: new*
Second Sunday of Epiphany C: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects: based on CSI);
PC: Promise
Third Sunday of Epiphany C: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects); PC: ACC, BAS*
Fourth Sunday of Epiphany C: Promise (adapted from David Silk, Prayers)*; PC: Promise*
Presentation of Christ C: BCP*; PC: Promise (adapted from the Roman Missal)*
Fifth Sunday before Lent C: ASB (based on 1928); PC: ACC, BAS
Fourth Sunday before Lent C: BCP*; PC: BCP*
Third Sunday before Lent C: BCP*; PC: new
Second Sunday before Lent C: ASB (new based on CSI)*; PC: Promise (from David Silk, Prayers)*
Sunday next before Lent C: ASB (adapted from 1928); PC: ACC, BAS*
Ash Wednesday C: BCP*; PC: BCP*
First Sunday of Lent C: ASB (adapted from BCP); PC:Westcott House, Cambridge*
Second Sunday of Lent C: BCP*; PC: BCP*
Third Sunday of Lent C: ASB (adapted from ECUSA, BCP); PC: BCP*
Fourth Sunday of Lent C: BCP*; PC: ASB (adapted from ECUSA, BCP)
Mothering Sunday C: M. Perham, Enriching; PC: M. Perham, Enriching
Fifth Sunday of Lent C: (ASB, adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects and SEC, BCP)*;
PC: ASB (new, based on a prayer attributed to St Augustine)*
Palm Sunday C: BCP*; PC: CofI, Alternative Prayer Book
Maundy Thursday C: Lent, Holy Week, Easter; PC: ASB (adapted from 1928)*
Good Friday C: BCP*
Easter Eve C: BCP*
Easter Day C: ASB; PC:1928*
Second Sunday of Easter C: BCP*; PC: ASB
Third Sunday of Easter C: ASB; PC: ACC, BAS
Fourth Sunday of Easter C: ASB (new, based on BCP)*; PC: CofI Collects)*
Fifth Sunday of Easter C: BCP*; PC: ASB
Sixth Sunday of Easter C: Lent, Holy Week, Easter*; PC: ACC, BAS*
Ascension Day C: BCP*; PC: Charles MacDonnell, After Communion*
Seventh Sunday of Easter C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS
Day of Pentecost C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS*
Weekdays after Pentecost C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS
Trinity Sunday C: BCP*; PC: ASB (adapted from CSI)*
Day of Thanksgiving C: ASB (adapted from 1928)*;
PC: Charles MacDonnell, After Communion* for Holy Communion
First Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: Promise
Second Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: Lent, Holy Week, Easter
Third Sunday after Trinity C: ASB*; PC: Janet Morley, All Desires Known*
Fourth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS*
Fifth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: BCP*
Sixth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS*
Seventh Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: Lent, Holy Week, Easter
Eighth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: M. Perham, Enriching (from the Liturgy of Malabar)
Ninth Sunday after Trinity C: ASB; PC: Patterns*
Tenth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: Kenneth Stevenson*
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: Charles MacDonnell, After Communion*
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS*
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity C: ASB*; PC: David Silk, Prayers*
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity C: ASB; PC: ACC, BAS
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity C: D. Silk, Prayers (from the Gelasian Sacramentary)*; PC: BCP*
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: ASB (adapted from the Leonine Sacramentary)
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity C: ASB*; PC: BCP*
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity C: ASB; PC: ancient prayer*
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: Patterns*
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity C: new; PC: David Silk, Prayers
Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: new
Last Sunday after Trinity C: BCP*; PC: ACC, BAS*
All Saints' Day C: BCP*; PC: Promise
Fourth Sunday before Advent C: D. Silk, Prayers (from the Gothic Missal);
PC: D. Silk, Prayers (ancient prayer)
Third Sunday before Advent C: ASB; PC: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects)*
Second Sunday before Advent C: BCP*; PC: Promise (from Charles MacDonnell, After Communion)*
Christ the King C: ASB*; PC: BCP*
   
Festivals  
The Naming and Circumcision C: ASB (new, based on BCP) ; PC: new
The Conversion of Paul C: ASB (adapted from BCP); PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Joseph of Nazareth C: Michael Perham in CCP; PC: new
The Annunciation of Our Lord C: BCP*; PC: new
George C: Michael Perham in CCP; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Mark C: ASB (adapted from BCP); PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Philip and James C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Matthias C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary
to Elizabeth
C: ASB*; PC: new
Barnabas C: ASB; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
The Birth of John the Baptist C: BCP*; PC: new
Peter and Paul C1: ASB (based on the Leonine Sacramentary)*; C2: ASB;
PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Thomas C: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects)*; PC1: ASB*;
PC2: ACC, BAS
Mary Magdalene C: ASB (adapted from 1928)*; PC: new
James C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
The Transfiguration of Our Lord C: CofI, Collects*; PC: ACC, BAS*
The Blessed Virgin Mary C: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects)*; PC: new
Bartholomew C: BCP*; PC1: ASB; PC2: ACC, BAS
Holy Cross Day C: ASB (adapted from 1928)*; PC: ACC, BAS*
Matthew C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Michael and All Angels C: BCP*; PC: D. Silk, Prayers (ancient prayer)
Luke C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Simon and Jude C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Andrew C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Stephen C: BCP*; PC: Promise (from the Roman Missal)
John C: BCP*; PC: Promise (from the Roman Missal)
The Holy Innocents C: ASB*; PC: new*
Dedication Festival C: ASB; PC:Westcott House, Cambridge
   
Lesser Festivals  
Basil the Great and
Gregory of Nazianus
C: Promise; PC: new
Aelred of Hexham C: RC proposed national Proper for England; PC: new
Hilary C: CCP (adapted from ECUSA, BCP); PC: new
Antony of Egypt C: CCP; PC: new
Wulfstan C: Robert Jeffery*; PC: new
Agnes C: CCP*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Francis de Sales C: new; PC: new
Timothy and Titus C: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Liturgy 75); PC: Patterns*
Thomas Aquinas C: CCP*; PC: new
Charles C: CCP (adapted from David Silk, Prayers)*; PC1: Roman Missal*;
PC2: new
Anskar C: new; PC: Patterns*
Cyril and Methodius C: new; PC: Patterns*
Janani Luwum C: new; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Polycarp C: CCP (adapted from ECUSA, BCP); PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
George Herbert C: CCP*; PC: new
David C: CCP (adapted from CinW, BCP); PC: new
Chad C: CCP; PC: Patterns*
Perpetua, Felicity
and Companions
C: CCP*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Edward King C: CCP (adapted from Lincoln Cathedral)*; PC: new
Patrick C: new; PC: Patterns*
Cuthbert C: CCP (adapted from Durham Cathedral)*; PC: Patterns*
Thomas Cranmer C: new; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
William Law C: CCP; PC: new
Alphege C: new; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Anselm C: CCP*; PC: new
Catherine of Siena C: CCP; PC: new
Athanasius C: CCP (adapted from ECUSA, BCP)*; PC new
English Saints and Martyrs
of the Reformation Era
C: new; PC: Promise
Julian of Norwich C: Michael McLean in CCP; PC: new
Dunstan C: CCP*; PC: new
Alcuin of York C: new; PC: new
John and CharlesWesley C: CCP; PC: new
The Venerable Bede C: CCP (adapted from Durham Cathedral)*; PC: new
Augustine of Canterbury C: CCP*; PC: new
Josephine Butler C: CCP*; PC: new
Justin C: CCP; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton C: CCP*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Thomas Ken C: CCP; PC: new
Columba C: RC proposed national Proper for England; PC: Patterns*
Richard C: new (based on prayer of Richard); PC: new
Alban C: CCP (adapted from the Cathedral and Abbey Church
of St Alban)*;
PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Etheldreda C: new; PC: new
lrenæus C: CCP*; PC: new
Benedict of Nursia C: CCP*; PC: new
John Keble C: CCP (from Keble College, Oxford)*; PC: new
Swithun C: Diocese of Winchester; PC: new
Gregory and Macrina C: new; PC: new
Anne and Joachim C: new; PC: new
Mary, Martha and Lazarus C: new; PC: new
William Wilberforce C: CCP*; PC: new
Oswald C: CCP (from St Oswald's Church, Durham); PC1: Roman Missal*;
PC2: new
Dominic C: CCP*; PC: new
Mary Sumner C: new; PC: new
Laurence C: CCP*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Clare of Assisi C: CCP*; PC: new
Jeremy Taylor C: new; PC: new
Bernard C: CCP; PC: new
Monica C: new; PC: new
Augustine of Hippo C: CPSA, APB; PC: new
Beheading of John the Baptist C: CCP (adapted from 1928); PC: new
John Bunyan C: CCP*; PC: new
Aidan C: RC proposed national Proper for England; PC: Patterns*
Gregory the Great C: CCP; PC: new
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary C: Promise (from David Silk, Prayers); PC: new
John Chrysostom C: CCP (adapted from ECUSA, BCP)*; PC: new
Cyprian C: new; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Ninian C: ECUSA, BCP*; PC: Patterns*
Hildegard C: new; PC: new
John Coleridge Patteson C: new; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Lancelot Andrewes C: new; PC: new
Vincent de Paul C: CCP*; PC: new
Francis of Assisi C: CCP; PC: new
William Tyndale C: CCP (from ECUSA, BCP)*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Paulinus C: RC proposed national Proper for England; PC: Patterns*
Wilfrid of Ripon C: Diocese of Chichester*; PC: Patterns*
Edward the Confessor C: new; PC: new
Teresa of Avila C: CCP*; PC: new
Ignatius C: G. B. Timms, in Cloud*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Henry Martyn C: new; PC: Patterns*
Alfred the Great C: new; PC: new
James Hannington C: CCP; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Commemoration of the
Faithful Departed
C: Promise*; PC: Promise (from ACC, BAS)
Richard Hooker C: Kenneth Stevenson in CCP; PC: new
Willibrord of York C: RC proposed national Proper for England; PC: Patterns*
Saints and Martyrs of England C: Alexander Nairne*; PC: Promise
Leo the Great C: CCP*; PC: new
Martin of Tours C: CCP*; PC: new
Charles Simeon C: new; PC: new
Margaret of Scotland C: CCP (based on SEC, BCP)*; PC: new
Hugh C: CCP (from Lincoln Cathedral)*; PC: new
Elizabeth of Hungary C: Roman Missal*; PC: new
Hilda C: RC proposed national Proper for England; PC: new
Edmund C: CCP*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Clement C: Roman Missal*; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Nicholas C: G. B. Timms in Cloud*; PC: new
Ambrose C: G. B. Timms in Cloud; PC: new
Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
C: Promise (from David Silk, Prayers); PC: new
Lucy C: CCP (adapted from David Silk, Prayers)*; PC1: Roman Missal*;
PC2: new
John of the Cross C: CCP*; PC: new
Thomas Becket C: CCP; PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
   
Common of the Saints  
The Blessed Virgin Mary C: Promise (from David Silk, Prayers); PC: new
Apostles and Evangelists C: BCP*; PC1: ASB*; PC2: ACC, BAS
Martyrs C: ASB (new, based on 1928); PC1: Roman Missal*; PC2: new
Teachers of the Faith C: ASB (adapted from 1928); PC: new
Bishops and other Pastors C1: CPSA, APB; C2: ASB (adapted from 1928); PC: new
Members of Religious
Communities
C: ASB (adapted from 1928); PC: new
Missionaries C: ASB*; PC: Patterns
Any Saint C1: ASB (adapted from CPSA, Modern Collects); C2-C5: new;
PC1-3: new; PC4: Promise
The Guidance of the Holy Spirit C1: BCP*; C2: ASB*; PC: ACANZP, NZPB *
Rogation Days C1: CPSA, APB*; C2: CPSA, APB; C3: new;
PC: ACANZP, NZPB*
Harvest Thanksgiving C: CPSA, APB; PC: new
Mission and Evangelism C: ASB*; PC: ACC, BAS
The Unity of the Church C1: ASB*; C2: Roman Missal*; PC:William Temple in Promise*
The Peace of the World C: ASB (adapted from 1928); PC: new
Social Justice and Responsibility C1: Frank Colquhoun, PP (first part, Milner-White)*; C2: ASB*;
PC: new
Ministry (including Ember Days) C1, C2: ASB (adapted from BCP)*; C3: ASB (new, based on 1928)*;
C4: ASB (based on BCP); PC1: new; PC2: Charles MacDonnell,
After Communion*
In Time of Trouble C: CPSA, APB; PC: new
For the Sovereign C: ASB; PC: BCP*

 

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