The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St. John 3:13-24
The Gospel: St. Luke 14:15-24
Artwork: Joachim Wtewael, Kitchen Interior with the Parable of the Great Supper, 1605. Oil on canvas, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.