The Finding of St Stephen, Protomartyr
Double · Red
Kept on August 3
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of One Martyr. As said on Tuesday, August 3, 2027.
At Vespers · Magnificat
Devout men * carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Versicle at I Vespers Common
℣.Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, O Lord.
℟.And madest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands.
At Lauds · Benedictus
And Stephen, full of faith and power, * did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers Common
℣.The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree.
℟.And shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.
Collect
Grant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, so to imitate what we honour: that we may learn to love our enemies; since we celebrate the finding of him who knew how to pray even for his persecutors to our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son. Who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Tuesday, August 3, 2027