The International Communion of the African Episcopal Church

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

The Twenty-first Sunday after PentecostSunday, October 22, 2023 The Collect:Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns […]

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostSunday, October 1, 2023  The Collect:Welcoming God, you receive and bless all who come to you in humility. Show us our false pride, that we may repent of all conceit and arrogance and, caring for one another, may honor Jesus to the glory of your name. Amen. The Old Testament Lesson:Exodus 17:1-7 KJVAnd all the congregation of the […]

The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost Sunday, September 24, 2023 The Collect: O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, […]

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostSunday, September 17, 2023 The Collect:O God of Joseph and all his brothers, your forgiveness transcends whatever wrong exists between us. Grant us the courage to forgive others, and to practice reconciliation by the kindness of our speaking, the sharing of our resources, and the honoring of your desire for good. Amen. The Old Testament Lesson:Genesis 50:15-21 KJV15 And […]

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 3, 2023 The Collect: In the flaming bush you promised deliverance to your people, O God, and in the cross of Jesus you embraced our suffering and pain. In times of misery, show us the transforming power of your love that we may know the hope of your […]

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 27, 2023 The Collect: Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy […]

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

The Twelfth Sunday after PentecostSunday, August 20, 2023 The Collect:Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most […]

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 13, 2023 The Collect: Through the storms of life, O God, you are with your people in the person of Jesus your Son. Calm our fears and strengthen our faith that we may never doubt his presence among us but proclaim that he is your Son, risen from […]

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

The Ninth Sunday after PentecostSunday, July 30, 2023 The Collect:O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things […]

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

The Seventh Sunday after PentecostSunday, July 16, 2023 The Collect:O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and […]