The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew
Caravaggio
1603 / 1606
Buckingham Palace, City of Westminster, London, England, UK
Public Domain

The collect

Almighty God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall follow the Collect for the First Sunday in Advent, if Saint Andrew’s Day occurs on or after the First Sunday in Advent, otherwise omitted.

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

The Epistle and Gospel

Romans 1:9-21Matthew 4:18-22