Sunday, 9th August 2026
TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
MARY SUMNER DAY
Collect for Mary Sumner Day
Faithful and loving God, who called Mary Sumner to strive for the renewal of family life:
give us the gift of your Holy Spirit, that through word, prayer and deed your family may be strengthened and your people served, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
A reading from the book of Proverbs (24:3-4, 12-14)
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,
by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
If you say, “Look, we did not know this,”
does not God, who weighs the heart, perceive it?
Does not the one who keeps watch over your soul know?
And will he not repay all according to their deeds?
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Know that wisdom is such to your soul,
if you find her, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (13:1-5)
Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,
for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them,
those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.
Let marriage be held in honour by all and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled,
for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have; for he has said,
“I will never leave you or forsake you.”
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (11:9-13)
Jesus said to his disciples,
“I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you,
search, and you will find, knock, and the door will be opened for you.
For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for
everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Is there anyone among you who,
if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?
Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
This is the gospel of the Lord
Praise to you, O Christ
Post Communion Prayer
Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name, your servant Mary Sumner revealed your goodness in a life of tranquility and service, grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge and be filled with all your fullness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
MARY SUMNER DAY
Collect for Mary Sumner Day
Faithful and loving God, who called Mary Sumner to strive for the renewal of family life:
give us the gift of your Holy Spirit, that through word, prayer and deed your family may be strengthened and your people served, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
A reading from the book of Proverbs (24:3-4, 12-14)
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,
by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
If you say, “Look, we did not know this,”
does not God, who weighs the heart, perceive it?
Does not the one who keeps watch over your soul know?
And will he not repay all according to their deeds?
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Know that wisdom is such to your soul,
if you find her, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (13:1-5)
Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,
for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them,
those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.
Let marriage be held in honour by all and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled,
for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have; for he has said,
“I will never leave you or forsake you.”
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (11:9-13)
Jesus said to his disciples,
“I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you,
search, and you will find, knock, and the door will be opened for you.
For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for
everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Is there anyone among you who,
if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?
Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
This is the gospel of the Lord
Praise to you, O Christ
Post Communion Prayer
Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name, your servant Mary Sumner revealed your goodness in a life of tranquility and service, grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge and be filled with all your fullness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
