260503 AOC Sunday Report
Anglican Orthodox Church sm Worldwide Communion Fourth Sunday after EASTER May 3, 2026 Sunday Report Fourth Sunday after Easter The propers are sp ecial prayers and readings from the Bible. There is a Collect for the Day; that is a single thought prayer, most written either before the re-founding of the Church of England in the 1540’s or written by Bishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Archbishop of Canterbury after the re-founding. The Collect for the Day is to be read on Sunday and during Morning and Evening Prayer until the next Sunday. The Epistle is normally a reading from one of the various Epistles, or letters, in the New Testament. The Gospel is a reading from one of the Holy Gospels, Matthew, M ark, Luke and John. The Collect is said by the minister as a prayer, the Epistle can be read by either a designated reader (...