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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

St Agnes, teenage martyry at Rome 304

                      Collect for Peace, BCP Pg. 99 









O God, to know you is eternal life 
Every year 
on the Feast of St Agnes 
at the basilica in Rome, 
two lambs are blessed, 
whose wool is woven into a scarf called a pallium with which the Pope invests archbishops. Such a pallium was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 601 to Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, a representation of which still appears on the coast of arms of  Archbishops of Canterbury. From Holy Women, Holy Men... 

Prayers are suggested today for all children and teenagers, especially for those who are ridiculed for their faith or way of life, for schools and youth groups, and for all who teach or work with young people, that they may be directed and protected.  (New Book of Festivals... )

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