St. Nicholas, Bishop
by CCW | 6 December 2011 05:00
The collect for today, the Feast of St. Nicholas (d. c. 326), Bishop of Myra (source[1]):
[2]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[3]
The Gospel: St. Mark 10:13-16[4]
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[5], St John’s, Newfoundland, in 1951. Photograph taken by admin, 7 September 2009.
- source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/traddecember.aspx
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/StNicholas.jpg
- 1 St. John 4:7-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%204:7-14;&version=ESV;
- St. Mark 10:13-16: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:13-16;&version=ESV;
- Cathedral of St. John the Baptist: http://www.stjohnsanglicancathedral.org/
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2011/12/06/st-nicholas-bishop/