The First Sunday After Trinity
by CCW | 26 June 2011 05:00
The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, commonly called The First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
[2]O GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St. John 4:7-21[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 16:19-31[4]
Artwork: Friedrich Pacher, The Bosom of Abraham (detail), c. 1490. Novacella Abbey Cloister, Bressanone, Italy.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity1
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Pacher_Bosom.jpg
- 1 St. John 4:7-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%204:7-21&version=ESV
- St. Luke 16:19-31: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2016:19-31&version=ESV
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