The Octave Day of Easter

by CCW | 24 April 2022 01:00

Hesdin of Amiens, Christ Blessing the Apostles[1]The collect for today, The Octave Day of Easter, being The Sunday After Easter Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[2] (Canadian, 1962):

Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 St. John 5:4-12[3]
The Gospel: St. John 20:19-23[4]

Artwork: Hesdin of Amiens, Christ blessing the apostles, c. 1450-55. Illumination, From a “Biblia Pauperum” (Bible of the Poor), Museum Meermanno Westreenianum[5], The Hague.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Hesdin_ChristBlessingApostles.jpg
  2. The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#easteroctave
  3. 1 St. John 5:4-12: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%205:4-12;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. John 20:19-23: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2020:19-23;&version=ESVUK;
  5. Museum Meermanno Westreenianum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Meermanno

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