The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer [1] (Canadian, 1962):
ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul: May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:5-13 [2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 24:44-52 [3]
Read more about Saint Luke here [4].
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Artwork: Pontormo, St. Luke, 1528. Oil on wood, Capponi Chapel [6], Church of Santa Felicita, Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 17 May 2010.