Dante Alighieri
by CCW | 15 September 2009 05:00
The collect for today, the commemoration of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Poet, Spiritual Writer (source[1]):
Almighty God, who didst move thy servant Dante Alighieri to portray in magificent poetry thy steadfast rejection of sin, thy loving correction of those who repent, and the joy of abiding in thy presence forever: Grant us the grace to acknowledge our sins and to see clearly the utter emptiness of life without thee, the grace to amend our lives and to embrace willingly the means whereby thou dost perfect us in holiness and love of thee, and the grace to abide in thy will and rejoice in thy presence both in this life and in the life to come; the which we ask through Jesus Christ our Savior, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever.
With the Lesson and Gospel for a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar[2]
The Lesson: Daniel 2:17-24[3]
The Gospel: St Matthew 13:9-17[4]
[5]Artwork: Domenico di Michelino, Dante and the Three Kingdoms, 1465. Oil on canvas, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo[6], Florence.
- source: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/09/15.html
- Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar: http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#doctor
- Daniel 2:17-24: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=daniel%202:17-24;&version=47;
- St Matthew 13:9-17: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2013:9-17;&version=47;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Domenico_Dante.jpg
- Museo dell’Opera del Duomo: http://www.operaduomo.firenze.it/
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2009/09/15/dante-alighieri/