Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by CCW | 8 September 2012 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity 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]
[4]Artwork: Lippo Memmi, Madonna dei Raccomandati (Madonna of Mercy), 1320. Chapel of the Blessed Corporal[5], Duomo, Orvieto.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#mary
- Acts 1:12-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:12-14;&version=ESV;
- St. Luke 1:39-49: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49;&version=ESV;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Memmi_MadonnaDeiRaccomandati.jpg
- Chapel of the Blessed Corporal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvieto_Cathedral#Chapel_of_the_Corporal
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