Holy Cross Day
by CCW | 14 September 2013 01:00
The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit we worship and glorify, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
With the Epistle and Gospel of Passion Sunday[2]:
The Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-15[3]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 20:20-28[4]
[5]Artwork: Taddeo Gaddi, Allegory of the Cross (detail from Last Supper, Tree of the Cross, and Four Miracle Scenes), 1330s. Fresco, Cenacolo di Santa Croce[6], Florence.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#holycross
- Passion Sunday: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#passion
- Hebrews 9:11-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%209:11-15&version=ESVUK
- St. Matthew 20:20-28: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2020:20-28&version=ESVUK
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Gaddi_AllegoryOfTheCross.jpg
- Santa Croce: http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Italian%20Images/Montages/Firenze/Santa_Croce.htm
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