Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary
admin | 15 August 2016The collect for today, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (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
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:39-49
Artwork: Hans Holbein the Elder, Death of the Virgin, 1490. Tempera on oak, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
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