Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258

http://almanac.oremus.org/2017-08-10

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Exciting Holiness
Tobit 4.5-11
Psalm 66.1a, 10-12, 17-end
2 Corinthians 9.6-10
Matthew 6.19-24

Holy Communion
Numbers 20.1-13
Psalm 95.1, 8-end
Matthew 16.13-23

Morning Prayer
Psalm 37*
Ezekiel 34.1-16
James 4.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalms 39, 40
1 Samuel 17.1-30
Luke 23.56b-24.12

Collect

Almighty God,
who made Laurence a loving servant of your people
and a wise steward of the treasures of your Church:
fire us with his example to love as he loved
and to walk in the way that leads to eternal life;
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 Laurence:
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.

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Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Laurence:
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.