God of justice and truth, let not thy Church close its eyes to the plight of the poor and neglected, the homeless and destitute, the old and the sick, the lonely and those who have none to care for them. Give us that vision and compassion with which thou didst so richly endow William Augustus Muhlenberg and Anne Ayers, that we may labor tirelessly to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ, who livest and reignest with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Sad that some committee should not give Mother Ayers her own feast day, since she founded a religious order, and as a sidelight was Muhlenberg’s biographer, for which reason they decided to tack her onto WAM. Her feast day ought to be Feb 8.