The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
by CCW | 2 February 2017 01:00
The collect for today, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin (also traditionally called Candlemas), from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson: Malachi 3:1-5[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 2:22-40[3]
[4]Artwork: Rembrandt, Simeon’s Song of Praise, 1669. Oil on canvas, Nationalmuseum[5], Stockholm. (This may very well have been Rembrandt’s last painting. It was found unfinished in his workshop the day after he died.)
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#presentation
- Malachi 3:1-5: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=malachi%203:1-5&version=ESVUK
- St. Luke 2:22-40: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%202:22-40&version=ESVUK
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rembrandt_SimeonsSongOfPraise.jpg
- Nationalmuseum: http://www.nationalmuseum.se/sv/English-startpage/
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