Cast away from you all the
crimes you have committed,
says the LORD, and make for yourselves a new heart
and a new spirit. - Verse before the Gospel - Today's Liturgy
says the LORD, and make for yourselves a new heart
and a new spirit. - Verse before the Gospel - Today's Liturgy
Collect (Today's
Liturgy)
God
of all creation , who were pleased
to give
the Bishop Saint Polycarp
a place in
the company of the Martyrs,
grant,
through his intercession ,
that,
sharing with him in the chalice of Christ,
we may
rise through the Holy Spirit to eternal life.
Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives
and reigns with you
in the
unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God,
for ever and ever.
St
Polycarp of Smyrna
69-155
AD
Disciple of apostle St John
Disciple of apostle St John
Friend
of Ignatius of Antioch
Apostolic
Father
Bishop
of Smyrna, Martyr
Exemplary
in catechesis
Feast Day - February 23
Polycarp was denounced to the
government, arrested, and tried on the charge of being a Christian. When the
proconsul urged him to save his life by cursing Christ, he replied: “Eighty-six years I have served Him, and
He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved
me?”
Earlier, in a Letter to the
Philippians...
“Stand
fast, therefore, in this conduct and follow the example of the Lord, ‘firm and
unchangeable in faith, lovers of the brotherhood, loving each other, united in
truth,’ helping each other with the mildness of the Lord, despising no
man.”
And
wrote on another occasion...
“If
we pray to the Lord to forgive us, we ourselves must be forgiving; we are all
under the eyes of our Lord and God, and every one of us must stand before the
judgment-seat of Christ, where each of us will have to give an
account.”
Click
here: St. Polycarp - YouTube (2
mins)
Click here: Polycarp - YouTube (3:20 mins)
St Polycarp, pray for us!
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