The Fifth Sunday After Easter

by CCW | 9 May 2021 01:00

The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday After Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: St. James 1:22-27[2]
The Gospel: St. John 16:23-33[3]

Nikolai Ge, The Last Supper[4]Artwork: Nikolai Ge, The Last Supper, 1863. Oil on canvas, State Russian Museum[5], St. Petersburg.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#easter5
  2. St. James 1:22-27: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%201:22-27;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. John 16:23-33: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2016:23-33;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ge_LastSupper.jpg
  5. State Russian Museum: http://en.rusmuseum.ru

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