Remigius of Rheims, Bishop, c.530

The Collect:

Rite I:
Almighty God, who by thy servant Remigius spread the truth of the gospel and the fullness of the catholic faith: Grant that we who glory in the name of Christian may show forth our faith in worthy deeds; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Rite II:
Almighty God, who by your servant Remigius spread the truth of the gospel and the fullness of the catholic faith: Grant that we who glory in the name of Christian may show forth our faith in worthy deeds; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: 1 John 4:1-6

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. ²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world. ⁴Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ⁵They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Psalm: Psalm 135:13-21

¹³ O Lord, your Name is everlasting; *
       your renown, O Lord, endures from age to age.
¹⁴ For the Lord gives his people justice *
       and shows compassion to his servants.
¹⁵ The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, *
       the work of human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *
       eyes have they, but they cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but they cannot hear; *
       neither is there any breath in their mouth.
¹⁸ Those who make them are like them, *
       and so are all who put their trust in them.
¹⁹ Bless the Lord, O house of Israel; *
       O house of Aaron, bless the Lord.
²⁰ Bless the Lord, O house of Levi; *
       you who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
²¹ Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, *
       who dwells in Jerusalem.
       Hallelujah!

Gospel: John 14:3-7

³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. ⁴And you know the way to the place where I am going.’ ⁵Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ ⁶Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.’

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