Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
Lord, this world and all within it shall fade away, but you are with us forever. Free us, O Lord, from our obsessions with things which will fade, and humble us to the passage of time. For we who seek to preserve the world will fade with it, but all who renounce it shall find life eternal. Amen.
2 Corinthians 9:6-10
Psalms 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9
John 12:24-26
