The new list of discussion books for Christ Church Book Club is now available. The next series will kick off on Tuesday, 15 September, at 7:00pm, when the featured books will be The Givenness of Things: Essays, by Marilynne Robinson, and Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, by Maryanne Wolf.
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The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Aidan (d. 651), Monk of Iona, Missionary, first Bishop and Abbot of Lindisfarne (source):
O loving God, who didst call thy servant Aidan from the Peace of a cloister to re-establish the Christian mission in northern England, and didst endow him with gentleness, simplicity, and strength: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, following his example, may use what thou hast given us for the relief of human need, and may persevere in commending the saving Gospel of our Redeemer Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23
The Gospel: St Matthew 19:27-30
Artwork: Saint Aidan, stained glass, St. Oswald’s Church, Dean, Cumbria. Photograph taken by admin, 7 August 2004.