Day: September 14, 2011

The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit we worship and glorify, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

With the Epistle and Gospel of Passion Sunday:
The Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11
The Gospel: St. John 12:31-36

Artwork: Giambattista Tiepolo, The Discovery of the True Cross and Saint Helena, c. 1743. Oil on canvas, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice. (Originally in the church of the Cappuccine, Castello, Venice, now destroyed.)

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