The Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 11 November 2012 01:00

The collect for today, the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Philippians 3:17-21[2]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 22:15-22[3]

Rembrandt, The Tribute Money, detail[4]

Artwork: Rembrandt, The Tribute Money (detail), 1629. Oil on panel, National Gallery of Canada[5], Ottawa. (Click here to view[6] the full painting.)

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity23
  2. Philippians 3:17-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philippians%203:17-22;&version=ESV;
  3. St. Matthew 22:15-22: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2022:15-22;&version=ESV;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Rembrandt_detail.jpg
  5. National Gallery of Canada: http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=7183
  6. here to view: http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/servlet/imageserver?src=WI77183&ext=x.jpg

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