Tuesday in Easter Week

by CCW | 6 April 2010 05:00

The collect for today, Tuesday 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 13:26-41[2]
The Gospel: St Luke 24:36-48[3]

Tissot, Christ Appears to the Eleven[4]Artwork: James Tissot, Christ Appears to the Eleven, 1886-94. Watercolour, Brooklyn Museum.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#eastertu
  2. Acts 13:26-41: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2013:26-41;&version=ESV;
  3. St Luke 24:36-48: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2024:36-48;&version=ESV;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Tissot_ChristAppears.jpg

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