03 August 2025

Collect of the Invention of St Stephen, Protomartyr ~ Indulgenced on the Feast (See Note)

According to the Apostolic Penitentiary, a partial indulgence is granted to those who, on the feast of any Saint, recite in his honour the oration of the Missal or any other approved by legitimate Authority.


V.
 O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Grant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, so to imitate what we revere, that we may learn to love even our enemies; for we celebrate the Finding of the holy body of him who knew how to pray for his very persecutors to our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who with thee liveth and reigneth, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
R. Amen. 

Nota bene ~ the Invention of St Stephen is no longer celebrated on the Universal Calendar, but according to the Martyrology, today is the Feast Day. The Collect is taken from the Missal as it existed in 1888.

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