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The collect for today, the Feast Day of Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (source):
Lord God, the light of the minds that know you, the life of the souls that love you, and the strength of the hearts that serve you: Help us, following the example of your servant Augustine of Hippo, so to know you that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve you, whom to serve is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Epistle: Hebrews 12:22-24, 28-29
The Gospel: St John 14:6-15
Artwork: Vittore Carpaccio, St Augustine in his Study, c 1511, Oil on canvas, Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice.
