Willibrord, Missionary and Bishop
by CCW | 7 November 2017 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Willibrord (658-739), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle to the Frisians, Patron Saint of the Netherlands (source[1]):
[2]O Lord our God, who dost call whom thou willest and send them whither thou choosest: We thank thee for sending thy servant Willibrord to be an apostle to the Low Countries, to turn them from the worship of idols to serve thee, the living God; and we entreat thee to preserve us from the temptation to exchange the perfect freedom of thy service for servitude to false gods and to idols of our own devising; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
The Lesson: Acts 1:1-9[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 10:1-9[4]
Artwork: St. Willibrord, altarpiece, Abbey of Echternach[5], Luxembourg.
- source: http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/279.html
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Echternach_StWillibrord.jpg
- Acts 1:1-9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:1-9&version=ESVUK
- St. Luke 10:1-9: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2010:1-9&version=ESVUK
- Abbey of Echternach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Echternach
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/07/willibrord-missionary-and-bishop-6/