The Ninth Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 13 August 2017 01:00

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

GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 16:1-9[3]

Luyken, Parable of the Unjust Steward[4]Artwork: Jan Luyken (1649-1712), Parable of the Unjust Steward, engraving, Bowyer Bible[5].

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#trinity9
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:1-13: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%2010:1-13;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. Luke 16:1-9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2016:1-9;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Luyken_UnjustSteward.jpg
  5. Bowyer Bible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bowyer

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