Sunday After Ascension Day
by CCW | 16 May 2010 05:00
The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St Peter 4:7-11[2]
The Gospel: St John 15:26-16:4a[3]
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Artwork: Francesco Fontebasso, The Last Supper, 1762. Oil on canvas, The Hermitage[5], St Petersburg.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#ascension1
- 1 St Peter 4:7-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%204:7-11&version=ESV
- St John 15:26-16:4a: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2015:26-16:4;&version=ESV;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Fontebasso_LastSupper.jpg
- The Hermitage: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
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