St Edmund, King & Martyr

This is a Martyr * who strove for his Master’s precepts, even unto death: and feared not the words of evil men, forasmuch as he was stablished on a sure foundation.

℣.Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, O Lord.

℟.And madest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands.

He that hateth his life * in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

℣.The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree.

℟.And shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.

Whosoever will come after me * let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

O God of ineffable pity, who didst grant that the blessed King Edmund should conquer his enemy by dying for thy Name: graciously bestow upon this thy family that through his intervention, they may worthily extinguish and overcome the enticements of their ancient foe. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.

℟.Amen.