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
Ephesians 1.15-end
Psalm 8
Luke 12.8-12

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
2 Kings 4.1-37
Acts 25.13-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
Ecclesiasticus 15.11-end or
Ezekiel 14.1-11
Mark 14.66-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Daniel 6.6-23
Revelation 12.7-12

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.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 18

Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
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.