Make us tender and compassionate towards those who are an overtaken by temptation, considering ourselves, how we have fallen in times past and may fall yet again. Make us watchful and sober-minded, looking ever unto thee for grace to stand upright, and to persevere unto the end; through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
In many early medieval calendars, 7 August – halfway between midsummer and the autumnal equinox – marks the start of a new season. It's the first day of autumn, when the earth is rich with the abundance of the harvest. Some Anglo-Saxon harvest poetry: https://t.co/mVAnDVogNv pic.twitter.com/cX2FDn65P6
— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) August 7, 2026