Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397

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Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 41.9b-13
Psalm 20.1-6
2 Corinthians 5.16-21
Luke 22.24-30

Holy Communion
Isaiah 26.1-6
Psalm 118.18-27a
Matthew 7.21, 24-27

Morning Prayer
Psalms 42, 43 (or) 14, 15, 16
Isaiah 28.14-end
Matthew 13.1-23

Evening Prayer
Psalms 40, 46 (or) 18*
Isaiah 44.1-8
Revelation 21.9-21

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Micah 5.2-5a
John 3.16-21

Collect

God of hosts,
who called Ambrose from the governor’s throne
to be a bishop in your Church
and an intrepid champion of your faithful people:
mercifully grant that, as he did not fear to rebuke rulers,
so we, with like courage,
may contend for the faith we have received;
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 of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Ambrose to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.