Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by CCW | 15 August 2017 01:00

The collect for today, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer [1](Canadian, 1962):

O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of the heavenly family of him who was pleased to be called the first-born among many brethren; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Lesson: Acts 1:12-14[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:39-49[3]

Rembrandt, Death of the Virgin[4]Artwork: Rembrandt, Death of the Virgin, 1639. Etching, Rembrandt House Museum[5], Amsterdam.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#mary%20
  2. Acts 1:12-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:12-14&version=ESVUK
  3. St. Luke 1:39-49: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49&version=ESVUK
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Rembrandt_DeathOfTheVirgin.jpg
  5. Rembrandt House Museum: https://www.rembrandthuis.nl/en/rembrandt-2/

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