O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Psalms
Antiphon: Go forth and proclaim the good news of the kingdom; and freely share with others what God has given you.
The Psalms are taken from the Psalms of the day, or from the Complementary Psalter. Reading
The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ Jesus will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little. To him be dominion forever. Amen.
- 1 Peter 5:10-11
Responsory
God clothed him with gladness, alleluia. - and placed a crown of glory on his head.
Prayer:
Father,
you called St. Lawrence to serve you by love
and crowned his life with glorious martyrdom.
Help us to be like him
in loving you and doing your work.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Psalms
Antiphon
Know that I am with you always, even until the end of the world.
Reading
Blessed is the man who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him. - James 1:12
Responsory
I will put my hope in God, alleluia. - I have no fear of man, alleuia.
Prayer:
Father,
you called St. Lawrence to serve you by love
and crowned his life with glorious martyrdom.
Help us to be like him
in loving you and doing your work.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Psalms
Antiphon By your trusting acceptance of trials, you will gain true life.
Reading But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead. But they are in peace.- Wisdom 3:1-2a,3b
Responsory
They come, see they come singing for joy, alleluia, - Homeward bound, laden with sheaves, alleuia.
Prayer:
Father,
you called St. Lawrence to serve you by love
and crowned his life with glorious martyrdom.
Help us to be like him
in loving you and doing your work.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.