The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity
admin | 23 September 2012The collect for today, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Ephesians 3:13-21
The Gospel: St. Luke 7:11-17
Artwork: Raising of the son of the widow of Nain (detail from sarcophagus dated c. 325-350), Pio-Christian Museum, Vatican Museums. Provenance: unknown; later in the courtyard of Palazzo Colonna; since 1757 in the Christian Museum of Benedict XIV. Photograph taken by admin, 26 April 2010.