St. Nicholas, Bishop

The collect for today, the Feast of St. Nicholas (d. c. 326), Bishop of Myra (source):

Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who didst choose thy servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of thy grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Epistle: 1 St. John 4:7-14
The Gospel: St. Mark 10:13-16

Artwork: The St. Nicholas stained glass was made by the firm of James Powell and Sons, Middlesex, England, and installed in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St John’s, Newfoundland, in 1951. Photograph taken by admin, 7 September 2009.

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