CW Agnes, 304; Fourth Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304
Fourth Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

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Exciting Holiness
Ecclesiasticus 51.1-3
Psalm 45.10-15, 17a
Revelation 7.13-end
Matthew 18.1-7

Holy Communion
1 Samuel 17.32-33, 37, 40-51
Psalm 144.1-2, 9-10
Mark 3.1-6

Morning Prayer
Psalms <b>81</b>, 147.13-end (or) 110, <b>111</b>, 112
Genesis 8.1-14
Matthew 24.29-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms <b>97</b>, 98 (or) <b>119.129-152</b>
Amos 8
1 Corinthians 7.1-24

Additional Weekday Lectionary
1 Kings 19.9b-18
Mark 9.2-13

Collect

Eternal God, shepherd of your sheep,
whose child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness
in her living and her dying
to the true love of her redeemer:
grant us the power to understand, with all your saints,
what is the breadth and length and height and depth
and to know the love that surpasses knowledge,
even 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

Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Agnes:
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.

(or)

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Agnes:
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.

BCP: Agnes, Virgin, Martyr at Rome, 304