manifested in your servant &N., and we pray that your Church
may never be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one
God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

*or this*

Almighty God, you gave to your servant &N. special gifts of
grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Christ Jesus:
Grant that by this teaching we may know you, the one true
God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; who lives and 
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever.  Amen.

*Preface of a Saint, or of Trinity Sunday*


Of a Monastic

O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his
poverty might be rich:  Deliver us from an inordinate love of
this world, that we, inspired by the devotion of your servant
&N., may serve you with singleness of heart, and attain to the
riches of the age to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who
lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever.  Amen.

*or this*

O God, by whose grace your servant &N., kindled with the
flame of your love, became a burning and a shining light in
your Church:  Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit
of love and discipline, and walk before you as children of light;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

*Preface of a Saint*