Morning Collect: St. Aidan

O loving God, 

you called your servant Aidan 

from the peace of a cloister 

to re-establish the Christian mission in northern England, 

and endowed him with gentleness, simplicity, and strength: 

Grant that we, following his example, 

may use what you have given us 

for the relief of human need, 

and may persevere in commending the saving Gospel 

of our Redeemer Jesus Christ; 

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, 

one God, for ever and ever. 

Amen.