The Sixth Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 3 July 2016 01:00

The collect for today, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O God, who hast preparest for them that love thee such good things as pass man’s understanding: Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Romans 6:3-11[2]
The Gospel: St Luke 6:27-36[3]

Jan Brueghel the Elder, Sermon on the Mount[4]Artwork: Jan Brueghel the Elder, The Sermon on the Mount, 1598. Oil on copper, The J. Paul Getty Museum[5], Los Angeles.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#trinity6
  2. Romans 6:3-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+6%3A3-11&version=ESVUK
  3. St Luke 6:27-36: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+6%3A27-36&version=ESVUK
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BrueghelJanElder_SermonOnTheMount.jpg
  5. The J. Paul Getty Museum: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/738/jan-brueghel-the-elder-the-sermon-on-the-mount-flemish-1598/

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