Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226

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Exciting Holiness
Micah 6.6-8
Psalm 100
Galatians 6.14-end
Luke 12.22-34

Holy Communion
Job 38.1, 12-21, 40.3-5
Psalm 139.6-11
Luke 10.13-16

Morning Prayer
Psalms 88, (95)
2 Kings 12.1-19
Acts 28.1-16

Evening Prayer
Psalm 102
1 Maccabees 4.26-35 or
2 Chronicles 22.10 - end of 23
Mark 16.1-8

Collect

O God, you ever delight to reveal yourself
to the childlike and lowly of heart:
grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis,
we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness
and know only Jesus Christ and him crucified,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Francis
that he served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.