Readings for the main services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during February.
February 1st – Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c 525
Judges 4:4-9; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 6:25-33
February 5th – 4th Sunday before Lent
Isaiah 58:1–9a; Psalm 112:1–9; 1 Corinthians 2:1–12; Matthew 5:13–20
February 8th
Genesis 2:4b–9, 15–17; Psalm 104:11–12, 29–32; Mark 7:14–23
February 12th – 3rd Sunday before Lent
Deuteronomy 30:15–20; Psalm 119:1–8; 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Matthew 5:21–37
February 15th – Thomas Bray, priest, founder of SPCK and SPG, 1730
Isaiah 55:6–11; Psalm 102:15–22; Matthew 9:35–38
February 19th – 2nd Sunday before Lent
Genesis 1:1—2:3; Psalm 136:1–9, 23–26; Romans 8:18–25; Matthew 6:25–34
February 22nd
James 1:19–27; Psalm 15; Mark 9:38–40
February 26th – Sunday next before Lent
Exodus 24:12–18; Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1:16–21; Matthew 17:1–9
Additional festivals and commemorations in February:
- February 3rd
Anskar, Abp of Hamburg, missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 - February 4th
Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine order, 1189 - February 6th
Marytrs of Japan, 1597
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 - February 10th
Scholastica, abbess, c 543 - February 14th
Cyril and Methodius, missionaries, 869 and 885,
Valentine, martyr at Rome, c 269 - February 15th
Sigfrid, bishop, apostle of Sweden, 1045, - February 17th
Janani Luwum, archbishop, martyr, 1977 (Uganda) - February 23rd
Polycarp, bishop, martyr, c 155 - February 27th
George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633
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