Readings for the services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during February.
2 February – Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Malachi 3.1–5; Psalm 24.7-10; Hebrews 2.14–18; Luke 2.22–40
5 February
2 Samuel 24.2, 9–17; Psalm 32.1–8; Mark 6.1–6a
9 February – Epiphany 5
Isaiah 58.1–9a; Psalm 112.1–9; 1 Corinthians 2.1–12; Matthew 5.13–20
12 February
1 Kings 10.1–10; Psalm 37.3–6, 30–32; Mark 7.14–23
16 February – Epiphany 6 (Proper 2, RCL)
Sirach 15.15-20; Psalm 119.1-8; 1 Corinthians 3.1-9; Matthew 5.21-37
19 February
James 1.19–27; Psalm 15; Mark 8.22–26
23 February – Last Epiphany – Transfiguration
Exodus 24.12–18; Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1.16–Matthew 17.1–9
26 February – Ash Wednesday
Joel 2.1–2, 12–17; Psalm 51.1–18; 2 Corinthians 5.20b—6.10; John 8.1–11
Additional festivals and commemorations in February
- 1 February
Brigid, abbess, c 525 - 3 February
Anskar, archbishop, missionary, 865, ordinary time begins - 4 February
Gilbert, founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 - 5 February
Agatha, martyr, 251 - 6 February
Martyrs of Japan, 1597; Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 - 10 February
Scholastica, abbess, c 543 - 14 February
Cyril and Methodius, missionaries, 869 and 885
Valentine, martyr at Rome, c 269 - 15 February
Sigfrid, bishop, 1045
Thomas Bray, priest, founder of SPCK and SPG, 17630 - 17 February
Janani Luwum, archbishop, martyr, 1977 - 27 February
George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633
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