Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921

https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-09

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Exciting Holiness
Proverbs 24.3, 4, 12-14
Psalm 119.9-16
Hebrews 13.1-5
Luke 11.9-13

Holy Communion
Deuteronomy 6.4-13
Psalm 18.1-2, 48-end
Matthew 17.14-20

Morning Prayer
Psalms 20, 21, 23
Ezekiel 24.15-end
James 1.12-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 24, 25
1 Samuel 13.19 - 14.15
Luke 23.1-12

Collect

Faithful and loving God,
who called Mary Sumner to strive for the renewal of family life:
give us the gift of your Holy Spirit,
that through word, prayer and deed
your family may be strengthened and your people served;
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

Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name,
your servant Mary Sumner revealed your goodness
in a life of tranquillity and service:
grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table
may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge
and be filled with all your fullness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

or another Post Communion for `Any Saint’ is used.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 8

Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.