Eternal God, who didst raise up thine servant Phoebe as a deacon in thy church and benefactor of the Gospel, such that she took the message of thine Apostle Paul into the very heart of a hostile empire; grant unto us thy same grace, that aided by her prayers and example, we too may take the Gospel unto the ends of the earth, Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
September 3: Commemoration of Saint Phoebe, DIACONESS, "servant of the Lord among the faithful of Cencreas (Corinth), who attended to Saint Paul and many others, as the apostle himself writes in the letter to the Romans [16, 1-2]" (Roman Martyrology). pic.twitter.com/KD2obYvLQo
— Leo the Great (@LeotheGreat19) September 3, 2024