The Sixth Sunday After The Epiphany
by CCW | 13 February 2011 05:00
The collect for today, the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life: Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure; that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St. John 3:1-8[2]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 24:23-31[3]
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Artwork: Luca Signorelli, The Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, 1499-1502. Fresco, Chapel of San Brizio[5], Duomo, Orvieto[6].
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#epiphany6
- 1 St. John 3:1-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%203:1-8&version=ESV
- St. Matthew 24:23-31: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2024:23-31&version=ESV
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Signorelli_PreachingOfTheAntichrist.jpg
- Chapel of San Brizio: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/signorel/brizio/index.html
- Duomo, Orvieto: http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Italian%20Images/Montages/Umbria%20&%20Le%20Marche/Orvieto/Orvieto%20Duomo%20San%20Brizio.htm
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