Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550

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Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 2.1-6
Psalm 119.57-64
1 Corinthians 3.10-11
Luke 18.18-22

Holy Communion
Genesis 46.1-7, 28-30
Psalm 37.3-6, 27-28
Matthew 10.16-23

Morning Prayer
Psalm 55
Job 31
Romans 13.8-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm 69
Judges 11.29-end
Luke 17.1-10

Collect

Eternal God,
who made Benedict a wise master
in the school of your service
and a guide to many called into community
to follow the rule of Christ:
grant that we may put your love before all else
and seek with joy the way of your commandments;
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

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Benedict
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.