________The appointed collect
for this time in between______
grant
that
we,
who
have
been
born
again
and made
your children
by adoption & grace,
may daily be renewed
by your Holy Spirit
* Thomas Becket (1118-1170)
Archbishop of Canterbury
An intimate friend of King Henry II, when Thomas became Archbishop in 1162, he chang-ed, in his own words, from "a patron of play actors and a follower of hounds, to being a shepherd of souls.” Dangerous business, being a follower of Christ. He was famously murdered in his own cathedral by thugs from the King who thought they were carrying out his wishes, having tweet-ed to his courtiers “Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?” When the monks undressed him they found underneath his episcopal robes he was wearing a hair shirt of a penitent.
Keep your household from all evil and raise up among us faithful pastors and leaders who are wise in the ways of the Gospel
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