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A Collect for Melania the Elder Monastic, 410MOST HIGH AND MERCIFUL GOD, who called thy servant Melania to forsake earthly comforts in order to devote herself to studying the scriptures and to welcoming the poor: Instruct us in the ways of poverty and the grace of hospitality, that we might comfort those who have no place to rest and teach the way of thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, with thee and the Holy Spirit, One God Forever and Ever, Indeed. AMEN