Readings for the main services of Holy Communion on Sundays and Wednesdays during August.
2 August – Joseph of Arimathea
Genesis 23.3–9,17–19; Psalm 16.5-11; James 1:17–18;Luke 23:50–56
6 August
Genesis 32.22-31; Psalm 17.1-7,16; Romans 9.1-5; Matthew 14.13-21
9 August
Numbers 13.1-2,25-14.1,26-35; Psalm 106.14-24; Matthew 15.21-28
13 August
Genesis 37.1-4,12-28; Psalm 105.1-10; Romans 10.5-15; Matthew 14.22-33
16 August
Deuteronomy 34; Psalm 66.14-18; Matthew 18.15-20
20 August
Genesis 45.1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11.1-2a,29-32; Matthew 15.21-28
23 August
Judges 9.6-15; Psalm 21.1-6; Matthew 20.1-16
27 August
Exodus 1.8-2.10; Psalm 124; Romans 12.1-8; Matthew 16.13
30 August – John Bunyan
Proverbs 4.1-9; Psalm 34.11-17; Hebrews 12.1-2; John 16.12-15
Additional Festivals & Commemorations During August
- Aug 4
Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, spiritual guide, 1859 - Aug 5
Oswald, king of Northumbria, martyr, 642 - Aug 7
Transfiguration of Our Lord (transferred from Aug 6) - Aug 8
Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 - Aug 9
Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921
Edith Stein, teacher of the faith, religious and martyr, 1942 - Aug 10
Laurence, deacon at Rome, martyr, 258 - Aug 11
Clare of Assisi, founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
John Henry Newman, priest, 1890 - Aug 14
Maximilian Kolbe, friar, martyr, 1941 - Aug 15
The Blessed Virgin Mary - Aug 24
Bartholomew the Apostle - Aug 28
Augustine, bishop, teacher of the faith, 430 - Aug 30
Beheading of John the Baptist - Aug 31
Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne, missionary, 651
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