Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582

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Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 7.7-15
Psalm 138.1-3, 6-8a
Romans 8.22-27
John 14.1-7

Holy Communion
Romans 4.1-8
Psalm 32
Luke 12.1-7

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
1 Maccabees 9.1-22 or
2 Chronicles 30
John 14.1-14

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
2 Kings 19.20-36
Philippians 3.1-4.1

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 28.2-12 or Job 19.21-end
Mark 15.33-47

Collect

Merciful God,
who by your Spirit raised up your servant Teresa of Avila
to reveal to your Church the way of perfection:
grant that her teaching
may awaken in us a longing for holiness,
until we attain to the perfect union of love
in 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 Teresa to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.