The Sunday After Ascension Day
by CCW | 12 May 2013 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]
[4]Artwork: Andrea del Castagno, Last Supper, 1447. Fresco, Cenacle of Santa Apollonia, (formerly Refectory of the Benedictine monastic sisters of Saint Apollonia), Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 19 May 2010.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#ascension1
- 1 St. Peter 4:7-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%204:7-11&version=ESVUK
- St. John 15:26-16:4a: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2015:26-16:4;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AndreaDelCastagno_LastSupper.jpg
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