The Transfiguration of Our Lord
by CCW | 6 August 2009 05:00
[1]The collect for today, the Holy Day of the Transfiguration of our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer [2](Canadian, 1962):
O God, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant unto us such a vision of his divine majesty, that we, being purified and strengthened by thy grace, may be transformed into his likeness from glory to glory; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 2 St Peter 1:16-21[3]
The Gospel: St Matthew 17:1-9[4]
Artwork: Pietro Perugino, The Transfiguration of Christ, c. 1518. Tempera on panel, Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria[5], Perugia.
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Perugino_Transfiguration1518.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#transfiguration
- 2 St Peter 1:16-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20peter%201:16-21&version=47
- St Matthew 17:1-9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2017:1-9;&version=47;
- Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria: http://www.gallerianazionaleumbria.it/
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