The Day of Pentecost
by CCW | 19 May 2013 01:00
The collects for today, The Day of Pentecost, being the fiftieth day after Easter, commonly called Whitsunday, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
O GOD, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon thy disciples in Jerusalem: Grant that we who celebrate before thee the Feast of Pentecost may continue thine for ever, and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit, until we come to thine eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson: Acts 2:1-11[2]
The Gospel: St. John 14:15-27[3]
[4]Artwork: Joseph Ignaz Mildorfer, Pentecost, 1750s. Oil on canvas, Hungarian National Gallery[5], Budapest. (Originally on an altar in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Sopron, Hungary.)
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#pentecost
- Acts 2:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202:1-11;&version=ESVUK;
- St. John 14:15-27: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2014:15-27;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mildorfer_Pentecost.jpg
- Hungarian National Gallery: http://www.mng.hu/en
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