Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by CCW | 8 September 2021 01:00

The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

Alessandro Turchi, The Birth of the Virgin[2]O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of the heavenly family of him who was pleased to be called the first-born among many brethren; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Lesson: Acts 1:12-14[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:39-49[4]

Artwork: Alessandro Turchi, The Birth of the Virgin, 1631-35. Oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#mary
  2. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Turchi_BirthOfTheVirgin.jpg
  3. Acts 1:12-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:12-14;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. Luke 1:39-49: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49;&version=ESVUK;

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