Transfiguration of Our Lord

by CCW | 6 August 2010 05:00

The collect for today, the Holy Day of the Transfiguration of our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O GOD, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant unto us such a vision of his divine majesty, that we, being purified and strengthened by thy grace, may be transformed into his likeness from glory to glory; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 2 St Peter 1:16-21[2]
The Gospel: St Matthew 17:1-9[3]

Titian, Transfiguration[4]

Artwork: Titian, The Transfiguration of Christ, c. 1560-3. Chiesa di San Salvador [5](Church of the Holy Saviour), Venice.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#transfiguration
  2. 2 St Peter 1:16-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20peter%201:16-21&version=ESV
  3. St Matthew 17:1-9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2017:1-9;&version=ESV
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Titian_Transfiguration.jpg
  5. Chiesa di San Salvador : http://www.chiesasansalvador.it/eng/presentazione.php

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