Commontide
Almighty God, you gave your servant N. boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 637
Preface of a Martyr
For the witness of your martyrs, who took up their cross and followed you even unto death, and revealed your power made perfect in human weakness.
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A modern prayer for martyrs, woven from New Testament calls to witness, first introduced by the Episcopal Church in 1979 as part of a newly structured Common of Saints.