The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity
admin | 15 August 2010The collect for today, the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
The Gospel: St Luke 18:9-14
Artwork: John Everett Millais, The Pharisee and the Publican, from Illustrations to `The Parables of Our Lord’, 1864. Relief print on paper, Tate Collections, London.
