Day: April 4, 2016

The collect for today, the Feast Day of St. Ambrose (339-397), Bishop of Milan, Doctor of the Church, Poet (source):

Lord God of hosts,
who didst call Ambrose from the governor’s throne
to be a bishop in thy Church
and a courageous champion of thy faithful people:
mercifully grant that, as he fearlessly rebuked rulers,
so we may with like courage
contend for the faith which we have received;
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 Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 2:7-11, 16-18
The Gospel: St. Luke 12:35-37, 42-44

Artwork: Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Saint Ambrose Expelling the Arians, 1590. Castello Sforzesco, Milan.

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