Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304
Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784

http://almanac.oremus.org/2017-12-13

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Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 60.19, 20
Psalm 36.5, 6a, 7-11
2 Corinthians 4.6-15
Luke 11.33-36

Holy Communion
Isaiah 40.25-end
Psalm 103.8-13
Matthew 11.28-end

Morning Prayer
Psalms 62, 63 (or) 34
Isaiah 31
Matthew 15.1-20

Evening Prayer
Psalms 10, 14 (or) 119.33-56
Isaiah 47
1 Thessalonians 2.13-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Amos 9.11-end
Romans 13.8-14

Collect

God our redeemer,
who gave light to the world that was in darkness
by the healing power of the Saviour’s cross:
shed that light on us, we pray,
that with your martyr Lucy
we may, by the purity of our lives,
reflect the light of Christ
and, by the merits of his passion,
come to the light of everlasting 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 Lucy:
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 Lucy:
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.