Ambrose, Doctor and Bishop

by CCW | 4 April 2020 01:00

The collect for today, the Feast Day of St. Ambrose (339-397), Doctor of the Church, Poet, Bishop of Milan (source[1]):

[2]Lord God of hosts,
who didst call Ambrose from the governor’s throne
to be a bishop in thy Church
and a courageous champion of thy faithful people:
mercifully grant that, as he fearlessly rebuked rulers,
so we may with like courage
contend for the faith which we have received;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 2:7-11, 16-18[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 12:35-37, 42-44[4]

Artwork: Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo, St, Ambrose and Emperor Theodosius, c. 1620s. Oil on canvas, Sant’Ambrogio a Voltri, Genoa, Italy.

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