Saint Thomas Aquinas
The collect for today, the Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Priest, Friar, Poet, Doctor of the Church (source):
Everlasting God,
who didst enrich thy Church with the learning and holiness
of thy servant Thomas Aquinas:
grant to all who seek thee
a humble mind and a pure heart
that they may know thy Son Jesus Christ
to be the way, the truth and the life;
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
For the Epistle: Wisdom 7:7-14
The Gospel: St Matthew 13:47-52
Artwork: Carlo Crivelli, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Demidoff Altarpiece, 1476. Egg tempera on poplar or lime, National Gallery, London.
c/p: Nova Scotia Scott