The Octave Day of Easter

by CCW | 23 April 2017 01:00

The collect for today, The Octave Day of Easter, being The Sunday After Easter Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

Hole, Jesus Appears to the Disciples[2]Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St. John 5:4-12[3]
The Gospel: St. John 20:19-23[4]

Artwork: William Hole, Jesus Appears to the Disciples, 1906. Watercolour, from “The life of Jesus of Nazareth: eighty pictures” (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London).

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#easteroctave
  2. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Hole_JesusAppearToDisciples.jpg
  3. 1 St. John 5:4-12: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%205:4-12;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. John 20:19-23: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2020:19-23;&version=ESVUK;

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