The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 19 September 2010 05:00

The collect for today, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

Raising of the Son of the Widow of Nain[2]O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Ephesians 3:13-21[3]
The Gospel: St Luke 7:11-17[4]

Artwork: Raising of the son of the widow of Nain (detail from sarcophagus dated c. 325-350), Pio-Christian Museum[5], Vatican Museums. Provenance: unknown; later in the courtyard of Palazzo Colonna; since 1757 in the Christian Museum of Benedict XIV. Photo taken by admin, 26 April 2010.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity16
  2. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/RaisingSonWidowNain.jpg
  3. Ephesians 3:13-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%203:13-21;&version=ESV;
  4. St Luke 7:11-17: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%207:11-17;&version=ESV;
  5. Pio-Christian Museum: http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Monuments/The_Vatican_Museums/Pio_Christian_Museum.htm

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