Saint Thomas Aquinas
by CCW | 7 March 2009 05:00
The collect for today, the Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Priest, Friar, Poet, Doctor of the Church (source[1]):
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[2]
The Gospel: St Matthew 13:47-52[3]
Artwork: Carlo Crivelli, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Demidoff Altarpiece[4], 1476. Egg tempera on poplar or lime, National Gallery, London.
c/p: Nova Scotia Scott[5]
- source: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship/texts/collects/trad/tradjanuary.html
- Wisdom 7:7-14: http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Wisdom+7:7-14
- St Matthew 13:47-52: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2013:47-52&version=47
- Demidoff Altarpiece: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng788.1
- Nova Scotia Scott: http://www.novascotiascott.com/2009/03/07/saint-thomas-aquinas/
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2009/03/07/saint-thomas-aquinas/