Readings:

Psalm 9:9-14
Sirach 7:32-36
James 2:1-8, 14-17
Mark 10:23-30

Preface of Baptism

[Common of a Monastic or Professed Religious]
[Common of a Prophetic Witness]
[For Social Service]
[For Prophetic Witness in the Church]

PRAYER (traditional language)

Merciful God, who didst send thy Gospel to the people of Peru through Martin de Porres, who brought its comfort even to slaves: Help us to follow his example in bringing fearlessly the comfort of thy grace to all downtrodden and outcast people, that thy Church may be renewed with songs of salvation and praise; through Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

PRAYER (contemporary language)

Merciful God, you sent your Gospel to the people of Peru through Martin de Porres, who brought its comfort even to slaves; Help us to follow his example in bringing fearlessly the comfort of your grace to all downtrodden and outcast people, that your Church may be renewed with songs of salvation and praise; through Jesus Christ, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

This commemoration appears in A Great Cloud of Witnesses. Collects have been revised to remove reference to Rosa de Lima, who now appears separately

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