| Collects and Refrains | |||
| Notes | |||
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Normally on any occasion only one Collect is used. | ||
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The Collect for each Sunday is used on the following weekdays, except where other provision is made. | ||
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At Evening Prayer on Saturdays other than Easter Eve, Christmas Eve or Principal Feasts or Festivals, the Collect appointed for the ensuing Sunday shall be used. When Evening Prayer on the day before a Festival makes use of the lessons relating to that Festival, the Collect of that Festival shall be used. | ||
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Where a Collect ends 'Through Jesus Christ … now and for ever', the minister may use the shorter ending, 'Through Jesus Christ our Lord', to which the people respond 'Amen', and omit the longer Trinitarian ending. | ||
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On Sundays and during the Seasons the Refrains are those given in the Orders for Morning and Evening Prayer. For certain Sundays, Principal Feasts, other Principal Holy Days and Festivals, proper Refrains are provided with the Collect in the following sections. For most Festivals and Lesser Festivals, reference is made to the Common refrains, which are to be found at the end of the Sanctorale. | ||
| Contents | |||
| Collects and Refrains for the Seasons (Temporale) | |||
| Advent to pre-Lent | |||
| Lent to Pentecost | |||
| Ordinary Time | |||
| Collects and Refrains for Festivals and Lesser Festivals (Sanctorale) | |||
| January to March | |||
| April to June | |||
| July to September | |||
| October to December | |||
| Collects and Refrains: Common of the Saints | |||
| Collects and Refrains for Special Occasions | |||