Bartholomew, Apostle

Bartholomew, Apostle24th August

Bartholomew, Apostle

24thAugust

It has long been assumed that Bartholomew is the same as Nathanael though it is not a certainty. The gospels speak of Philip bringing Nathanael to Jesus and calling him an Israelite worthy of the name. He is also present beside the Sea of Galilee at the resurrection. Although he seems initially a somewhat cynical man, he recognises Jesus for who he is and proclaims him as Son of God and King of Israel

Hagiography from Exciting Holiness

by Brother Tristam SSF

Evening Prayer on the Eve of Bartholomew(Text not shown)

Psalm 97

Isaiah 61. 1-9

2 Corinthians 6.1-10

Collect252(Text shown)

Post Communion Prayer110(Text shown)

Eucharist (Text shown)

Eitheror

Isaiah 43. 8-13Acts 5. 12-16

Psalm 145. 1-7Psalm 145. 1-7

Acts 5. 12-161 Corinthians 4. 9-15

Luke 22. 24-30Luke 22. 24-30

Morning Prayer (Text not shown)

Psalm 86

Genesis 28. 10-17

John 1. 43-51

Evening Prayer (Text not shown)

Psalm 91; 116

Sirach 39. 1-10 or Deuteronomy 18.15-19

Matthew 10. 1-22

1984(Text not shown)

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Collects and Post Communion Prayers from the book New Calendar and the Collects.

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Pointed Psalms from the book Daily Prayer.

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Quotations and Psalms fromThe New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

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Collect 252

1984 Prayer Book

Almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thy holy Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word: grant, we beseech thee, that thy Church may love that Word which he believed, and may both preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Contemporary

Almighty and everlasting God,

who gave to your apostle Bartholomew

grace truly to believe and to preach your word:

grant that your Church

may love that word which he believed

and may faithfully preach and receive the same;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion Prayer 110

Lord God, the source of truth and love,

keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,

united in prayer and the breaking of bread,

and one in joy and simplicity of heart,

in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Isaiah 43. 8-13

Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears! Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them declared this, and foretold to us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, ‘It istrue.’You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen,so that you may know and believeme and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no saviour. I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses, says the Lord. I am God, and also henceforth I amHe; there is no one who can deliver from my hand; I work and who can hinder it?

Psalm 145. 1-7

Biblical text

I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name for ever andever. Every day I will bless you, and praise your name for ever andever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall laud your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendour of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed, and I will declare your greatness. They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness, and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

Pointed Psalm

I will exalt you, O / God my / King :

and bless your / name for / ever and / ever.

Every day / will I / bless you :

and praise your / name for / ever and / ever.

Great is the Lord and highly / to be / praised :

his greatness is be/yond all / searching / out.

One generation shall praise your works / to an/other :

and de/clare your / mighty / acts.

They shall speak of the majesty / of your / glory :

and I will tell of / all your / wonderful / deeds.

They shall speak of the might of your / marvellous / acts :

and I will / also / tell of your / greatness.

They shall pour forth the story of your a/bundant / kindness :

and joyfully / sing / of your / righteousness.

Acts 5. 12-16

Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mats, in order that Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he came by. A great number of people would also gather from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all cured.

Luke 22. 24-30

A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

‘You are those who have stood by me in my trials; and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Acts 5. 12-16

Psalm 145. 1-7

1 Corinthians 4. 9-15

For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals. We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honour, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.

I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

Luke 22. 24-30

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