Monday in Easter Week

by CCW | 5 April 2010 05:00

The collect for today, Monday in Easter Week, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

The Lesson: Acts 10:34-43[2]
The Gospel: St Luke 24:13-35[3]

Dagnan-Bouveret, Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus[4]Artwork: Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus, 1896-97. Oil on canvas, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#eastermon
  2. Acts 10:34-43: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2010:34-43;&version=ESV;
  3. St Luke 24:13-35: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2024:13-35&version=ESV
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Dagnan-Bouveret_ChristAtEmmaus.jpg

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