Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

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Exciting Holiness
1 Samuel 1.9-18
Psalm 121
1 Timothy 5.3-5
Luke 7.11-17

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 4.1-8
Psalm 97
Matthew 25.1-13

Morning Prayer
Psalm 139
Proverbs 22.1-16
Mark 7.31-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 130, 131, 137
2 Samuel 16.1-14
Acts 10.1-16

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Daniel 3.1-28
Revelation 15

Collect

Faithful God,
who strengthened Monica, the mother of Augustine, with wisdom,
and through her patient endurance encouraged him
to seek after you:
give us the will to persist in prayer
that those who stray from you may be brought to faith
in your Son Jesus Christ 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 Monica 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.