Sexagesima
by CCW | 12 February 2012 01:00
The collect for today, Sexagesima (or the Second Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:21b-31[2]
The Gospel: St Luke 8:4-15[3]
[4]Artwork: Vincent van Gogh, The Sower, 1888. Oil on canvas, Villa Flora, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Endnotes:
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#sexagesima
- 2 Corinthians 11:21b-31: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20cor%2011:21-31&version=ESV
- St Luke 8:4-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%208:4-15;&version=ESV;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gogh_TheSowerWinterhur.jpg
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