Sexagesima
by CCW | 19 February 2017 01:00
[1]The collect for today, Sexagesima (or the Second Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer[2] (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:21b-31[3]
The Gospel: St Luke 8:4-15[4]
Artwork: Thomas Noyes Lewis, The Sower, 1926. Illustration from An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by R.G. Parsons and A.S. Peake.
Endnotes:
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/LewisTN_TheSower.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#sexagesima
- 2 Corinthians 11:21b-31: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20cor%2011:21-31&version=ESVUK
- St Luke 8:4-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%208:4-15;&version=ESVUK;
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