St. Nicholas, Bishop
by CCW | 6 December 2014 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Nicholas (d. c. 326), Bishop of Myra (source[1]):
Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who didst choose thy servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of thy grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Epistle: 1 St. John 4:7-14[2]
The Gospel: St. Mark 10:13-16[3]
[4]Artwork: Paolo Veronese, Saint Nicholas Named as the Bishop of Myra, c. 1582. Oil on canvas, Gallerie dell’Accademia[5], Venice. (Originally in now-demolished church of San Nicolo della Lattuga at the Frari.)
- source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/traddecember.aspx
- 1 St. John 4:7-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%204:7-14;&version=ESVUK;
- St. Mark 10:13-16: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:13-16;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/PVeronese_StNicholasNamedBishop.jpg
- Gallerie dell’Accademia: http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/?lang=en
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