Saint Mark the Evangelist
by CCW | 25 April 2009 05:00
The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O Almighty God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrines of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Ephesians 4:11-16[2]
The Gospel: St Mark 13:1-10[3]
[4]Artwork: Domenico Ghirlandaio, St Mark the Evangelist, 1486-90. Fresco, right wall of Cappella Tornabuoni[5], Santa Maria Novella[6], Florence.
c/p: Nova Scotia Scott[7]
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#mark
- Ephesians 4:11-16: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%204:11-16;&version=47;
- St Mark 13:1-10: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2013:1-10;&version=47;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ghirlandaio_st_mark.jpg
- Cappella Tornabuoni: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappella_Tornabuoni
- Santa Maria Novella: http://giubileo.comune.fi.it/musei/smnovella/lingue/eng/welcome.html
- Nova Scotia Scott: http://www.novascotiascott.com/2009/04/25/saint-mark-the-evangelist/
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2009/04/25/saint-mark-the-evangelist/