Holy Cross Day
admin | 14 September 2009
The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit we worship and glorify, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11
The Gospel: St John 12:31-36
Artwork: Adam Elsheimer, The Veneration of the Cross, c. 1607. Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main.
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