Calendar

Collect:

Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy martyr
Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto
death: Grant to us, who now remember him with
thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to thee in this
world, that we may receive with him the crown of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

In 2007, the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist fell on a Sunday, and therefore we had a Festal Eucharist in celebration. The Rector gave a sermon on the significance (and the timing) of the event:

John the Forerunner

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist falls on a Sunday again in 2012.

Collect:

Almighty God, by whose providence thy servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Collect:

O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself
being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together
in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an
holy temple acceptable unto thee; through the same Jesus
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Proper 8)

Collect:

Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul
glorified thee by their martyrdom: Grant that thy Church,
instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together
in unity by thy Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one
foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.