Sunday After Ascension Day

by CCW | 2 June 2019 01:00

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

O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St. Peter 4:7-11[2]
The Gospel: St. John 15:26-16:4a[3]

Bernaert van Orley, The Last Supper (from the Alba Passion)[4]Artwork: Bernaert van Orley, The Last Supper (from The Alba Passion), c. 1525-28. Tapestry, Metropolitan Museum of Art[5], New York.

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Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#ascension1
  2. 1 St. Peter 4:7-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%204:7-11&version=ESVUK
  3. St. John 15:26-16:4a: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2015:26-16:4;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Orley_LastSupper_AlbaPassion.jpg
  5. Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/459205

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