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 Proper 19   The Sunday closest to September 14

O God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee, mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things  direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord,  who with thee and the same Spirit liveth and reigneth, one  God, now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of the Lord’s Day

Proper 20   The Sunday closest to September 21

Grant us, O Lord, not to mind earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among  things that are passing away, to cleave to those that shall  abide; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and  reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever  and ever. Amen.

Preface of the Lord’s Day

Proper 21   The Sunday closest to September 28

O God, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of  thy grace, that we, running to obtain thy promises, may be  made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ  our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy  Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Preface of the Lord’s Day

Proper 22   The Sunday closest to October 5

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either  we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of