Day: May 3, 2011

The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark: Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Ephesians 4:11-16
The Gospel: St Mark 13:1-10

Artwork: Jason Arkles, Saint Mark, 2007. Marble, St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Via Maggio, Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 17 May 2010.

(This commemoration has been transferred from April 25.)

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