The First Sunday in Lent
by CCW | 13 March 2011 05:00
[1]The collect for today, the First Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer[2] (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness, to thy honour and glory; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10[3]
The Gospel: St Matthew 4:1-11[4]
Artwork: Tintoretto, Temptation of Christ, 1578-81. Oil on canvas, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice.
Endnotes:
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Tintoretto_Temptation.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#lent1
- 2 Corinthians 6:1-10: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Cor%206:1-10;&version=ESV;
- St Matthew 4:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%204:1-11;&version=ESV;
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