Saint Mark the Evangelist
by CCW | 25 April 2010 05:05
The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer [1](Canadian, 1962):
O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark: Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Ephesians 4:11-16[2]
The Gospel: St Mark 13:1-10[3]
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Artwork: Agnolo Bronzino, Saint Mark, c. 1525. Oil on wood, Cappella Capponi, Santa Felicita[5], Florence.
Endnotes:
- The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#mark
- Ephesians 4:11-16: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%204:11-16;&version=ESV;
- St Mark 13:1-10: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2013:1-10;&version=ESV;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Bronzino_StMark.jpg
- Santa Felicita: http://www.firenze-oltrarno.net/english/arte/santafelicita.php
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