Sunday After Ascension Day

by CCW | 20 May 2012 01:00

The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St Peter 4:7-11[2]
The Gospel: St John 15:26-16:4a[3]

Rosselli, Last Supper[4]

Artwork: Cosimo Rosselli, The Last Supper[5], 1481-2. Fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.

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Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#ascension1
  2. 1 St Peter 4:7-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%204:7-11&version=ESV
  3. St John 15:26-16:4a: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2015:26-16:4;&version=ESV;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Rosselli_LastSupper.jpg
  5. The Last Supper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper_(Rosselli)

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