Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Matthew 16:24-27
OPENING: O God, who in your ineffable Providence chose your priest, Blessed Basil, to imitate the virtues of the Holy Family and respond to the needs of the Church, grant, we beseech you, that, supported by his prayers and example, we may have the strength to boldly confess the Cross of Christ as our only hope. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
