Florence Nightingale, Nurse, 1910

The Collect:

Rite I:
O God, who didst give grace to thy servant Florence Nightingale to bear thy healing love into the shadow of death: Grant unto all who heal the same virtues of patience, mercy, and steadfast love, that thy saving health may be revealed to all; through Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Rite II:
O God, who gave grace to your servant Florence Nightingale to bear your healing love into the shadow of death: Grant to all who heal the same virtues of patience, mercy, and steadfast love, that your saving health may be revealed to all; through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Jeremiah 30:12–17

¹² For thus says the Lord:
Your hurt is incurable,
   your wound is grievous. 
¹³ There is no one to uphold your cause,
   no medicine for your wound,
   no healing for you. 
¹⁴ All your lovers have forgotten you;
   they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
   the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
   because your sins are so numerous. 
¹⁵ Why do you cry out over your hurt?
   Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
   because your sins are so numerous,
   I have done these things to you. 
¹⁶ Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
   and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
those who plunder you shall be plundered,
   and all who prey on you I will make a prey. 
¹⁷ For I will restore health to you,
   and your wounds I will heal, 
                                       says the Lord,
because they have called you an outcast:
   ‘It is Zion; no one cares for her!’ 

Psalm: Psalm 41

¹ Happy are they who consider the poor and needy! *
the Lord will deliver them in the time of trouble.
² The Lord preserves them and keeps them alive,
so that they may be happy in the land; *
he does not hand them over to the will of their enemies.
³ The Lord sustains them on their sickbed *
and ministers to them in their illness.
⁴ I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; *
heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
⁵ My enemies are saying wicked things about me: *
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶ Even if they come to see me, they speak empty words; *
their heart collects false rumors;
they go outside and spread them.
⁷ All my enemies whisper together about me *
and devise evil against me.
⁸ “A deadly thing,” they say, “has fastened on him; *
he has taken to his bed and will never get up again.”
⁹ Even my best friend, whom I trusted,
who broke bread with me, *
has lifted up his heel and turned against me.
¹⁰ But you, O Lord, be merciful to me and raise me up, *
and I shall repay them.
¹¹ By this I know you are pleased with me, *
that my enemy does not triumph over me.
¹² In my integrity you hold me fast, *
and shall set me before your face for ever.
¹³ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, *
from age to age. Amen. Amen.

Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. ⁷ To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

Gospel: Luke 10:29–37

²⁹But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ ³⁰Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. ³¹Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. ³⁴He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” ³⁶Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ ³⁷He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’

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