Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by CCW | 15 August 2013 01:00
The collect for today, the Falling Asleep 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: Caravaggio, The Death of the Virgin, 1602-06. Oil on canvas, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- 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=ESVUK
- St. Luke 1:39-49: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49&version=ESVUK
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Caravaggio_DeathOfTheVirgin.jpg
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