We beseech thee, O Lord, to pour thy grace on all who go to other lands, publishing the Word of salvation: That, following the patient labours of Saint Birinus, who brought to us the Gospel from beyond the sea, they may gather many believers into the fold of thy holy Church; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Birinus was the first Bishop of Dorchester, and was known as the “Apostle to the West Saxons” for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity.