From your youth you loved God more purely,/ you were the son of consolation, like Father Barnabas./ By your name your life was:/ to the afflicted, and to the poor, and to the king,/ shepherd you have appeared, meek, comforter and healer./ Remember us, gracious father,/ and through your warm prayers/ God, the Giver of Life, grant us // consolation and great mercy.
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