The Twentieth Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 3 November 2019 01:00

The collect for today, the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Ephesians 5:15-21[2]
The Gospel: St. Matthew 22:1-14[3]

Jacob Carl Stauder, Parable of the Wedding Banquet[4]Artwork: Jacob Carl Stauder, Parable of the Wedding Banquet, 1720-21. Ceiling fresco, Monastery of the Holy Cross, Donauwörth, Swabia, Germany.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#trinity20
  2. Ephesians 5:15-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%205:15-21;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. Matthew 22:1-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2022:1-14;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Stauder_ParableOfTheWeddingBanquet.jpg

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