St. Nicholas, Bishop

by CCW | 6 December 2021 01:00

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Nicholas (d. c. 326), Bishop of Myra (source[1]):

Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who didst choose thy servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of thy grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
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 Epistle: 1 St. John 4:7-14[2]
The Gospel: St. Mark 10:13-16[3]

Paolo de' Matteis, St Nicolas of Bari felling a Tree Inhabited by Demons[4]Artwork: Paolo de’ Matteis, St. Nicolas of Bari felling a Tree Inhabited by Demons, c. 1727. Oil on canvas, High Museum of Art[5], Atlanta.

Endnotes:
  1. source: http://justus.anglican.org/~ss/commonworship/collects/trad/traddecember.html
  2. 1 St. John 4:7-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%204:7-14;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. Mark 10:13-16: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:13-16;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Matteis_StNicholasFellingTree.jpg
  5. High Museum of Art: https://high.org

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