Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by CCW | 15 August 2012 01:00

The collect for today, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer [1](Canadian, 1962):

O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of the heavenly family of him who was pleased to be called the first-born among many brethren; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Lesson: Acts 1:12-14[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:39-49[3]

Eglise Ste-Marie, Death of Mary[4]Artwork: Death of Mary, stained glass, Eglise Sainte-Marie[5], Church Point[6], Nova Scotia. Photograph taken by admin, 26 August 2009.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#mary
  2. Acts 1:12-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:12-14&version=ESV
  3. St. Luke 1:39-49: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49&version=ESV
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/EgliseSteMarie_DeathOfMary.jpg
  5. Eglise Sainte-Marie: http://www.museeeglisesaintemariemuseum.ca/
  6. Church Point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Sainte-Marie,_Church_Point,_Nova_Scotia

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