CW Etheldreda, c.678

Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678

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Exciting Holiness
Song of Songs 8.6, 7
Psalm 34.1-8
Acts 4.32-35
Matthew 25.1-13

Holy Communion
2 Kings 19.9b-11, 14-21, 31-36
Psalm 48.1-2, 8-end
Matthew 7.6, 12-14

Morning Prayer
Psalm <b>73</b>
Judges 9.1-21
Luke 15.11-end

Evening Prayer
Psalm <b>74</b>
Ezra 8.15-end
Romans 12.1-8

(or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of John the Baptist
Psalm 71
Judges 13.2-7, 24-end
Luke 1.5-25

Additional Weekday Lectionary
Proverbs 1.20-end
James 5.13-end

Collect

Eternal God,
who bestowed such grace upon your servant Etheldreda
that she gave herself wholly to the life of prayer
and to the service of your true religion:
grant that we, like her,
may so live our lives on earth seeking your kingdom
that by your guiding
we may be joined to the glorious fellowship of your saints;
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

Merciful God,
who gave such grace to your servant Etheldreda
that she served you with singleness of heart
and loved you above all things:
help us, whose communion with you
has been renewed in this sacrament,
to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.