Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by CCW | 8 September 2011 05:00
The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
[2]O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of the heavenly family of him who was pleased to be called the first-born among many brethren; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Lesson: Acts 1:12-14[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:39-49[4]
Artwork: Simone Martini, Madonna and Child, c. 1320-24. Tempera, gold, and silver leaf on wood. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Orvieto. (From the Altarpiece of San Domenico[5], originally in Chiesa di San Domenico[6], Orvieto.) Photograph taken by admin, 31 May 2010.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#mary
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Martini_MadonnaChild.jpg
- Acts 1:12-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:12-14;&version=ESV;
- St. Luke 1:39-49: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49;&version=ESV;
- Altarpiece of San Domenico: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmuseo%2Bopera%2Bduomo%2Borvieto%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26prmd%3Divnscbm&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=it&twu=1&u=http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polittico_di_San_Domenico_(Simone_Martini)&usg=ALkJrhhJpL6C-htg7E0xJrPKnzRLfYoSIA
- Chiesa di San Domenico: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Domenico,_Orvieto
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