Morning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 10 Aug 2022

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 10, 2022 | Feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr

"This is the blessed Lawrence, who gave himself up for the treasure of the Church: for this he earned the suffering of martyrdom to ascend with joy to the Lord Jesus Christ." - Entrance antiphon

Saint Lawrence was chief among the seven deacons who served the Roman Church during the mid-third century. The young cleric held a position of great trust, caring for the goods of the Church and distributing its alms among the poor. He was arrested under the Emperor Valerian in 258, laid upon a gridiron and slowly roasted to death. Lawrence rejoiced in his gruesome martyrdom and died praying for the conversion of the city of Rome, in the hope that from it the faith of Christ might spread throughout the world. From that time idolatry began to decline in Rome. (CatholicCulture.org)

St. Lawrence, pray for us!

Start your day with the universal prayer of the Church through the ancient tradition of Lauds. Full-text to Wednesday's Morning Prayer is available at ibreviary.com

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