Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250

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Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 3.1-3 [4]
Psalm 68.3-8
2 Timothy 2.3-13
John 12.24-26

Holy Communion
Genesis 13.2, 5-end
Psalm 15
Matthew 7.6, 12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalm 73
Job 28
Romans 12.1-8

Evening Prayer
Psalm 74
Judges 9.1-21
Luke 15.11-end

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 1.20-end
James 5.13-end

Collect

Eternal Father,
when the gospel of Christ first came to our land
you gloriously confirmed the faith of Alban
by making him the first to win a martyr’s crown:
grant that, following his example,
in the fellowship of the saints
we may worship you, the living God,
and give true witness to 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 our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Alban:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Alban:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.