Today is St Matthias‘ Day. It’s also my birthday so it’s one of the lesser feast days that I know well. Here’s the collect for the day.

O ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.