The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 9 October 2011 05:00

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

O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Ephesians 3:13-21[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 7:11-17[3]

Christ raises son of widow of Nain
Artwork: Christ raises the son of the widow of Nain, 12th-century mosaic, Cathedral of Monreale[4], Sicily.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity16
  2. Ephesians 3:13-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%203:13-21&version=ESV
  3. St. Luke 7:11-17: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%207:11-17&version=ESV
  4. Cathedral of Monreale: http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Sicily%20&%20S%20Italy/Montages/Sicily/Palermo/Monreale%20Cathedral.htm

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