The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity
by CCW | 27 September 2009 05:00
The collect for today, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Ephesians 3:13-21[2]
The Gospel: St Luke 7:11-17[3]
Artwork: Christ raises the son of the widow of Nain, 12th-century mosaic, Cathedral of Monreale[4], Sicily.
Endnotes:
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#trinity16
- Ephesians 3:13-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%203:13-21;&version=ESV;
- St Luke 7:11-17: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%207:11-17;&version=ESV;
- Cathedral of Monreale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monreale_Cathedral#The_Cathedral
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