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 manifested in your servant N., and we pray that your Church may never be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ our  Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one  God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Almighty God, you gave to your servant N. special gifts of grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Christ Jesus:  Grant that by this teaching we may know you, the one true  God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; who lives and  reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and  ever. Amen.

Preface of a Saint, or of Trinity Sunday

Of a Monastic

O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his poverty might be rich: Deliver us from an inordinate love of  this world, that we, inspired by the devotion of your servant  N., may serve you with singleness of heart, and attain to the  riches of the age to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who  lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one  God, now and for ever. Amen.

O God, by whose grace your servant N., kindled with the flame of your love, became a burning and a shining light in  your Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit  of love and discipline, and walk before you as children of light;  through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you,  in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of a Saint