Readings:
Daily Office Readings:
AM: Psalm 80;
1 Samuel 16:1-13;
1 John 2:18-25
PM: Psalm 33;
1 Samuel 12:1-5;
Acts 20:17-35Eucharistic Readings:
Psalm 15
Acts 1:15-26
Philippians 3:13b-21
John 15:1,6-16Preface of Apostles and Ordinations
PRAYER (traditional language)
O Almighty God, who into the place of Judas didst choose thy faithful
servant Matthias to be of the number of the Twelve: Grant that thy Church,
being delivered from false apostles, may always be ordered and guided
by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth
and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and for ever. Amen.
PRAYER (contemporary language)
Almighty God, who in the place of Judas chose your faithful servant
Matthias to be numbered among the Twelve: Grant that your Church, being
delivered from false apostles, may always be ordered and guided by faithful
and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons revised in Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2022.
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MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
(24 FEB NT)
After
the Ascension of Our Lord, His followers at Jerusalem chose a replacement
for Judas. The man chosen was Matthias, "and he was numbered with
the Eleven." Apart from the information given in the first chapter
of Acts, nothing is known of him. It would be a mistake to conclude from
this that he was a failure and a bad choice as an apostle. We know as
much as we do about Peter and Paul because Luke (a travelling companion
of Paul) wrote extensively about them. About most of the other apostles
(those belonging to the original twelve and later ones like Matthias)
we know little after Pentecost on an individual basis.
by James Kiefer