Monnica, Matron

by CCW | 4 May 2018 01:00

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Monnica (c. 331-387), mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo (source[1]):

Piero della Francesca, St. Monica[2]O Lord, who through spiritual discipline didst strengthen thy servant Monnica to persevere in offering her love and prayers and tears for the conversion of her husband and of Augustine their son: Deepen our devotion, we beseech thee, and use us in accordance with thy will to bring others, even our own kindred, to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever.

The Lesson: 1 Samuel 1:10-11,20[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 7:11-17[4]

Artwork: Piero della Francesca, St. Monica (from Polyptych of St. Augustine), c. 1460. Tempera on panel, Frick Collection, New York.

Endnotes:
  1. source: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/05/04.html
  2. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Piero_StMonica.jpg
  3. 1 Samuel 1:10-11,20: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20samuel%201:10-11,20&version=ESVUK
  4. St. Luke 7:11-17: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%207:11-17&version=ESVUK

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