Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988

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Exciting Holiness
Exodus 31.1-5
Psalm 21.1-7, 13
2 Corinthians 5.1-10
Matthew 24.42-46

Holy Communion
Acts 14.5-18
Psalm 118.1-3, 14-15
John 14.21-26

Morning Prayer
Psalm 145 (or) 71
Deuteronomy 16.1-20
1 Peter 1.1-12

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105 (or) 72, 75
Numbers 9.15-end;10.33-end
Luke 4.38-end

Collect

Almighty God,
who raised up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock,
a restorer of monastic life
and a faithful counsellor to those in authority:
give to all pastors the same gifts of your Holy Spirit
that they may be true servants of Christ and of all his people;
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, shepherd of your people,
whose servant Dunstan revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

BCP: Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988