The First Sunday in Advent

by CCW | 1 December 2013 01:00

Duccio, Entry into Jerusalem[1]The collect for today, the First Sunday in Advent, being the Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer [2](Canadian, 1962):

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and ever. Amen.

The Epistle: Romans 13:8-14[3]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 21:1-13[4]

Artwork: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Entry into Jerusalem, 1308-11. Tempera on wood, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Duccio_EntryIntoJerusalem.jpg
  2. The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#advent1
  3. Romans 13:8-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2013:8-14&version=ESVUK
  4. St. Matthew 21:1-13: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2021:1-13&version=ESVUK

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