The Third Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 10 July 2011 05:00

The collect for today, the Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

Feti, Parable of the Lost Drachma[2]O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St. Peter 5:5-11[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 15:1-10[4]

Artwork: Domenic Feti, Parable of the Lost Drachma, 1618-22. Oil on wood, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity3
  2. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Feti_LostDrachma.jpg
  3. 1 St. Peter 5:5-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%205:5-11;&version=ESV;
  4. St. Luke 15:1-10: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2015:1-10;&version=ESV;

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