The Fifth Sunday After Easter

by CCW | 9 May 2010 05:00

The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday After Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: St James 1:22-27[2]
The Gospel: St John 16:23-33[3]

Ghiberti, Last Supper[4]

Artwork: Lorenzo Ghiberti, The Last Supper, 1403-24. Gilded bronze, Baptistery of San Giovanni[5], Florence.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#easter5
  2. St James 1:22-27: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%201:22-27;&version=ESV;
  3. St John 16:23-33: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2016:23-33;&version=ESV;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Ghiberti_LastSupper.jpg
  5. Baptistery of San Giovanni: http://www.operaduomo.firenze.it/english/luoghi/battistero.asp

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