The Sunday Next Before Advent
by CCW | 22 November 2009 05:00
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The collect for today, the Sunday Next before Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer [2](Canadian, 1962):
STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson: Jeremiah 23:5-8[3]
The Gospel: St John 1:35-45[4]
Artwork: Jean Julien Bourgault, Christ The King, 1968. Sculpture, Museum of Civilisation, Ottawa.
Endnotes:
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Bourgault_ChristTheKing.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#beforeadvent
- Jeremiah 23:5-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah%2023:5-8;&version=ESV;
- St John 1:35-45: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:35-45&version=ESV
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