Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by CCW | 15 August 2014 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: El Greco, The Dormition of the Virgin[5], 1565-66. Tempera and gold on panel, Holy Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece.
- The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#mary%20
- 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/2014/08/ElGreco_Dormition.jpg
- The Dormition of the Virgin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Virgin_%28El_Greco%29
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