In preparation, we will be using a preparatory novena through August 9:

Novena to St. Lawrence

O glorious Saint Lawrence, Martyr and Deacon, who, by being subjected to the most bitter torments, did not lose your faith nor your constancy in confessing Jesus Christ as your Lord and Master; obtain for us, we pray, the same active and solid faith, that we shall never be ashamed to be true followers of Jesus Christ, and fervent Christians in word and in deed, in spite of trials, persecutions, or even the sword. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.