Pentecost (Whitsunday) (20 May 2018)
宣召經句The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:5)
(or)
You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses. (Acts 1:8)
祝文
Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(or)
O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by the sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(In the Lectionary below, if the first reading is taken from the Old Testament, the lection from Acts should be the second reading.)
舊約／第一次經課
Acts 2:1-21 (or) Ezekiel 37:1-14
詩篇
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
書信／第二次經課
Romans 8:22-27 (or) Acts 2:1-21
福音經課
John 15:26-27,16:4b-15