COLLECTS OF THE DAY: Vol 1............................................................. 4
PREFACE................................................................................................ 7
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION............................... 10
BOOK 1: INTRODUCTION................................................................. 11
Chapter 1: On the Excellences of the Collects...................................... 12
Chapter 2: On the Origin of the Word Collect...................................... 18
Chapter 3: On the Structure of a Collect, as Illustrated by the Collect in
the Burial Service 26
Chapter 4: Of the Sources of the Collects: and First, of the Sacramentary
of Leo 32
Chapter 5: Of the Sacramentary of Gelasius......................................... 39
Chapter 6: Of Gregory the Great and His Sacramentary....................... 46
Chapter 7: Of the Use of Sarum, and of St. Osmund, Its Compiler....... 53
Chapter 8: Of the Collects Made by the Reformers, and of Archbishop
Cranmer 59
Chapter 9: Of the Restoration Collects, and of John Cosin, Prince-Bishop
of Durham 66
Chapter 10: Of the Collects, as Representing the Genius of the English
Church 72
BOOK 2................................................................................................ 77
PART 1: The Constant Collect................................................................ 78
PART 2: Collects Varying with the Ecclesiastical Season.......................... 91
Chapter 1: The First Sunday in Advent................................................. 92
Chapter 2: The Second Sunday in Advent.......................................... 115
Chapter 3: The Third Sunday in Advent............................................. 126
Chapter 4: The Fourth Sunday in Advent........................................... 138
Chapter 5: Christmas Day.................................................................. 145
Chapter 6: St. Stephen’s Day............................................................ 152
Chapter 7: St. John the Evangelist’s Day............................................ 159
Chapter 8: The Innocents’ Day.......................................................... 166
Chapter 9: The Circumcision of Christ................................................ 173
Chapter 10: Collect for the Epiphany................................................. 181
Chapter 11: First Sunday After the Epiphany...................................... 186
Chapter 12: Second Sunday After the Epiphany................................. 191
Chapter 13: Third Sunday After the Epiphany.................................... 197
Chapter 14: Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany.................................. 203
Chapter 15: The Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany............................... 208
Chapter 16: The Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany.............................. 215
Chapter 17: The Sunday Called Septuagesima, or the Third Sunday Before
Lent 222
Chapter 18: The Sunday Called Sexagesima, or the Second Sunday Before Lent 230
Chapter 19: The Sunday Called Quinquagesima, or The Next Sunday Before
Lent 237
Chapter 20: The First Day of Lent, Commonly Called Ash Wednesday 244
Chapter 21: The First Sunday in Lent................................................. 253
Chapter 22: The Second Sunday in Lent............................................ 261
Chapter 23: The Third Sunday in Lent................................................ 267
Chapter 24: The Fourth Sunday in Lent.............................................. 274
Chapter 25: The Fifth Sunday in Lent................................................. 280
Chapter 26: The Sunday Next Before Easter...................................... 286
Chapter 27: Good Friday: 1............................................................... 294
Chapter 28: Good Friday: 2............................................................... 301
Chapter 29: Good Friday: 3A............................................................ 307
Chapter 30: Good Friday: 3B............................................................ 313
Chapter 31: Easter Even: 1................................................................ 320
Chapter 32: Easter Even: 2................................................................ 326
Chapter 33: Easter Day..................................................................... 333
Chapter 34: The First Sunday After Easter......................................... 340
Chapter 35: The Second Sunday After Easter.................................... 347
Chapter 36: The Third Sunday After Easter........................................ 354
Chapter 37: The Fourth Sunday After Easter...................................... 364
Chapter 38: The Fifth Sunday After Easter......................................... 371
Chapter 39: The Ascension Day........................................................ 377
Chapter 40: The Sunday After Ascension Day................................... 383
Chapter 41: Whitsunday........................................................................ 391
Collects of the Day: Vol 2.......................................................................... 4
Book 2..................................................................................................... 6
Part 3.................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 42: Trinity Sunday.................................................................... 6
Chapter 43: The First Sunday After Trinity1.......................................... 12
Chapter 44: The Second Sunday After Trinity...................................... 18
Chapter 45: The Third Sunday After Trinity.......................................... 23
Chapter 46: The Fourth Sunday After Trinity........................................ 29
Chapter 47: The Fifth Sunday After Trinity........................................... 35
Chapter 48: The Sixth Sunday After Trinity.......................................... 41
Chapter 49: The Seventh Sunday After Trinity...................................... 46
Chapter 50: The Eighth Sunday After Trinity........................................ 52
Chapter 51: The Ninth Sunday After Trinity......................................... 57
Chapter 52: The Tenth Sunday After Trinity......................................... 62
Chapter 53: The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity: 1................................. 68
Chapter 54: The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity: 2................................. 73
Chapter 55: The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity...................................... 79
Chapter 56: The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity................................... 85
Chapter 52: The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity................................. 91
Chapter 58: The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity: 1................................. 98
Chapter 59: The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity: 2............................... 104
Chapter 60: The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity.................................. 109
Chapter 61: The Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity............................. 115
Chapter 62: The Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity................................ 122
Chapter 63: The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity............................... 128
Chapter 64: The Twentieth Sunday After Trinity................................. 134
Chapter 65: The Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity............................ 140
Chapter 66: The Twenty-Second Sunday After Trinity....................... 146
Chapter 67: The Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity........................... 152
Chapter 68: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity......................... 158
Chapter 69: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Trinity............................ 164
Chapter 70: On The Saints’ Day Collects........................................... 170
Chapter 71: St. Andrew’s Day.......................................................... 176
Chapter 72: St. Thomas the Apostle.................................................. 185
Chapter 73: The Conversion of St. Paul............................................. 191
Chapter 74: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Commonly Called, The
Purification of St. Mary the Virgin............................................................................................................ 199
Chapter 75: St. Matthias’s Day.......................................................... 207
Chapter 76: The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.................. 214
Chapter 77: St. Mark’s Day.............................................................. 220
Chapter 78: St. Philip and St. James’s Day........................................ 227
Chapter 79: St. Barnabas the Apostle................................................ 235
Chapter 80: St. John Baptist’s Day: 1................................................ 242
Chapter 81: St. John Baptist’s Day: 2................................................ 248
Chapter 82: St. John Baptist’s Day: 3................................................ 254
Chapter 83: St. Peter’s Day: 1........................................................... 259
Chapter 84: St. Peter’s Day: 2........................................................... 267
Chapter 85: St. James the Apostle..................................................... 274
Chapter 86: St. Bartholomew the Apostle.......................................... 282
Chapter 87: St. Matthew the Apostle................................................. 289
Chapter 88: St. Michael and All Angels.............................................. 298
Chapter 89: St. Luke the Evangelist................................................... 308
Chapter 91: All Saints’ Day............................................................... 328
BOOK III............................................................................................. 340
Chapter 1: The First Collect at the End of the Communion Service: 1.. 343
Chapter 2: The First Collect at the End of the Communion Service: 2.. 349
Chapter 3: The Second Collect at the End of the Communion Service. 357
Chapter 4: The Third Collect at the End of the Communion Service.... 364
Chapter 5: The Fourth Collect at the End of the Communion Service.. 371
Chapter 6: The Fifth Collect at the End of the Communion Service..... 377
Chapter 7: The Sixth Collect at the End of the Communion Service..... 383
APPENDIX A...................................................................................... 390
Chapter 1: The Collect for the First Communion on Christmas Day..... 390
Chapter 2: The Collect for St. Mary Magdalene’s Day (July 22)......... 396
APPENDIX B...................................................................................... 402
Chapter 1: The Second Collect at Morning Prayer, For Peace............ 402
Chapter 2: The Third Collect at Morning Prayer, For Grace............... 410
Chapter 3: The Second Collect at Evening Prayer, For Peace............. 418
Chapter 4: The Third Collect at Evening Prayer, For Aid Against All Perils........... 425
INDEX................................................................................................. 431