Saint Matthias
by CCW | 24 February 2011 05:00
[1]The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Matthias the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer [2](Canadian, 1962):
O ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson: Acts 1:15-26[3]
The Gospel: St John 15:1-11[4]
Read more about Saint Matthias here[5].
Artwork: Georg Pämer, Saint Matthias, 1696. Polychrome wood statue, Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary), Grassau, Chiemgau, Bavaria.
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Pamer_StMattthias.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#matthias
- Acts 1:15-26: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:15-26;&version=ESV;
- St John 15:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2015:1-11;&version=ESV;
- here: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/2010/02/24/saint-matthias/
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2011/02/24/saint-matthias-2/