Benedict, Abbot
by CCW | 21 March 2013 01:01
The collect for today, the Feast of St Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-550), Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism (source[1]):
[2]O eternal God,
who made Benedict a wise master
in the school of thy service,
and a guide to many called into the common life
to follow the rule of Christ:
grant that we may put thy love above all things,
and seek with joy the way of thy commandments;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Lesson: Proverbs 2:1-9[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 14:27-33[4]
Artwork: Giovanni Bellini, Saint Benedict (detail of Frari Triptych[5]), 1488. Oil on canvas, Sacristy Altarpiece, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari[6], Venice.
- source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/tradjuly.aspx
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GiovanniBellini_StBenedict.jpg
- Proverbs 2:1-9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%202:1-9&version=ESVUK
- St. Luke 14:27-33: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2014:27-33&version=ESVUK
- Frari Triptych: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/tours/venetian/134frar.html
- Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Gloriosa_dei_Frari
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