Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226

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Exciting Holiness
Micah 6.6-8
Psalm 100
Galatians 6.14-end
Luke 12.22-34

Holy Communion
Nehemiah 2.1-8
Psalm 137.1-6
Luke 9.57-end

Morning Prayer
Psalm 119.57-80
Wisdom 13.1-9 or
2 Chronicles 5
Mark 13.1-13

Evening Prayer
Psalms 59, 60, (67)
1 Kings 17
Acts 20.1-16

Collect

O God, you ever delight to reveal yourself
to the childlike and lowly of heart:
grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis,
we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness
and know only Jesus Christ and him crucified,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Francis
that he served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.