Sunday After Ascension

by CCW | 17 May 2015 01:00

Ward and Hughes, Last Supper[1]The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[2] (Canadian, 1962):

O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St. Peter 4:7-11[3]
The Gospel: St. John 15:26-16:4a[4]

Artwork: Ward and Hughes, The Last Supper, stained glass, St. Martin’s Church[5], Bowness-on-Windermere.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WardAndHughes_LastSupper.jpg
  2. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#ascension1
  3. 1 St. Peter 4:7-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%204:7-11&version=ESVUK
  4. St. John 15:26-16:4a: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2015:26-16:4;&version=ESVUK;
  5. St. Martin’s Church: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Bowness-on-Windermere

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