COMMEMORATION OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
FIRST VESPERS
Ant. O Thou most excellent doctor and light of the holy Church, St. Francis, lover of divine law, pray for us to the Son of God.
V. The Lord loved him and adorned him.
R. He clothed him with a robe of glory.
Let us pray
O God, by Whose gracious will, the blessed Francis, Thy confessor and bishop, became all things unto all men for the saving of their souls; mercifully grant that, being filled with the sweetness of Thy love, we may, directed by his counsels, and aided by his merits, attain unto the joys of the life everlasting.
LAUDS
Ant. Well done, thou good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things, says the Lord.
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