The First Sunday After The Epiphany

by CCW | 8 January 2017 01:00

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

O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Romans 12:1-5[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 2:41-52[3]

Burne-Jones, Boy Jesus in the Temple[4]Artwork: Edward Burne-Jones, The Boy Jesus in the Temple, 1873-77. Stained glass, Jesus College Chapel[5], Cambridge.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#epiphany1
  2. Romans 12:1-5: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2012:1-5&version=ESVUK
  3. St. Luke 2:41-52: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%202:41-52&version=ESVUK
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Burne-Jones_BoyJesusInTemple.jpg
  5. Jesus College Chapel: http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/chapel-choir/history-of-the-chapel-2/

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