The collect for today, the Feast of St Edward the Confessor (c. 1003-1066), King of England (source):
O Sovereign God,
who didst set thy servant Edward upon the throne of an earthly kingdom
and didst inspire him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven:
grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ by word and deed,
that we may, with all thy saints, inherit thine eternal glory;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Epistle: Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11
The Gospel: St Luke 12:35-40
Artwork: Unknown, Wilton Diptych (detail of left panel), c. 1395-99. Oil on tempera, National Gallery, London.