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(LifeSiteNews) — The station for today is, as noted in the missal, in the church of Saint Trypho, martyr; but this church having been destroyed, many centuries ago, the station is now in that of Saint Augustine, which is built on the same site.
COLLECT
Give ear, O Lord, to our prayers, and grant that we may, with true devotion, observe this solemn fast, which was wholesomely instituted for the healing of both our souls and bodies. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
EPISTLE
Lesson from the Prophet Isaiah 58:9-14
Thus saith the Lord God: If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which is good for nothing. When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon-day. And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
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