Saint Mark the Evangelist

by CCW | 3 May 2011 05:00

The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer [1](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[2]
The Gospel: St Mark 13:1-10[3]

Arkles, St. Mark[4]

Artwork: Jason Arkles[5], Saint Mark, 2007. Marble, St. Mark’s Anglican Church[6], Via Maggio, Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 17 May 2010.

(This commemoration has been transferred from April 25.)

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#mark
  2. Ephesians 4:11-16: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%204:11-16;&version=ESV;
  3. St Mark 13:1-10: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2013:1-10;&version=ESV;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Arkles_StMark.jpg
  5. Jason Arkles: http://www.theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=3142
  6. St. Mark’s Anglican Church: http://stmarksitaly.com/

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