Marcus Aurelius
"Almighty and everlasting God, you found your martyr Justin wandering from teacher to teacher, seeking the true God, and you revealed to him the sublime wisdom of your eternal Word: Grant that all who seek you, or a deeper knowledge of you, may find and be found by you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen."
- Collect for the feast of St Justin Martyr, whose feast is today, 1 June.
St Justin was beheaded by the Roman authorities in the reign of Marcus Aurelius. This bronze equestrian statue of the emperor, dating from c.161-80 is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
Marcus Aurelius
"Almighty and everlasting God, you found your martyr Justin wandering from teacher to teacher, seeking the true God, and you revealed to him the sublime wisdom of your eternal Word: Grant that all who seek you, or a deeper knowledge of you, may find and be found by you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen."
- Collect for the feast of St Justin Martyr, whose feast is today, 1 June.
St Justin was beheaded by the Roman authorities in the reign of Marcus Aurelius. This bronze equestrian statue of the emperor, dating from c.161-80 is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.