Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165

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Exciting Holiness
1 Maccabees 2.15-22
Psalm 16.1-8, 10a
1 Corinthians 1.18-25
John 15.18-21

Holy Communion
Acts 22.30, 23.6-11
Psalm 16.1, 5-end
John 17.20-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 24, 72 (or) 113, 115
Deuteronomy 32.15-47
1 John 4.1-6

Evening Prayer
Psalm 139 (or) 114, 116, 117
Numbers 24
Luke 8.26-39

An alternative sequence of readings may be used at one of the offices between Ascension Day and Pentecost, in preparation for the Day of Pentecost:
Ezekiel 11.14-20
Matthew 9.35-10.20

Collect

God our redeemer,
who through the folly of the cross taught your martyr Justin
the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ:
remove from us every kind of error
that we, like him, may be firmly grounded in the faith,
and make your name known to all peoples;
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.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Justin:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(or)

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Justin:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.