ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, BRIGHTON

 

The Scripture Page

On this page, we aim to bring you the Collect for the forthcoming Sunday and Jesus's teachings in the form of the weekly Gospel.

The Collect for Trinity 26 
16 November 2008.


O God, whose blessed Son was manifested

that he might destroy the works of the devil,

 and make us the sons of God, and heirs of

eternal life; Grant us, we beseech thee,

that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves,

 even as he is pure; that, when he shall appear

 again with power and great glory, we may be

made like unto him in his eteral and glorious

 kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee,

 O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one

 God, world without end. Amen.

 
Now read the Gospel for this Sunday

 Taken from St Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 24 verses 23 - 31.

 

  Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ,
or there; believe it not.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Behold, I have told you before.

Wherefore if they shall say unto you,
Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles
be gathered together.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.