Saint Sylvester

Most merciful God, we humbly pray thee, that like as when thy blessed Abbot Sylvester was devoutly meditating over an open tomb on the vanity of this life, thou didst vouchsafe to call him thence unto the desert, and to adorn him with a life of wondrous merit: so thou wouldest enable us after his example, to despise all earthly things, and hereafter to rejoice in his eternal fellowship; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.