David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601

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Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 15.1-6
Psalm 16.1, 2, 4-7
1 Thessalonians 2.2-12
Matthew 16.24-27

Holy Communion
Ecclesiasticus 17.1-15 or
James 3.1-10
Psalm 103.13-18 or
12.1-7
Mark 10.13-16

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
Ecclesiastes 11.9 - end of 12
John 20.19-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
Genesis 35
Philemon

Collect

Almighty God,
who called your servant David
to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries
for the people of Wales:
in your mercy, grant that,
following his purity of life and zeal for the gospel of Christ,
we may with him receive the crown of everlasting life;
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

God, shepherd of your people,
whose servant David revealed the loving service of Christ
in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
by this eucharist in which we share
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
through him who laid down his life for us,
but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

Collect on the Eve of the Sunday before Lent

Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

BCP: David, Archbishop, c.601