The Fifth Sunday After Easter

by CCW | 5 May 2024 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]

Michael Damaskinos, The Last Supper[4]Artwork: Michael Damaskinos, The Last Supper[5], c. 1591. Egg tempera on wood, Monastery of Agia Aikaterini, Heraklion, Crete.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#easter5
  2. St. James 1:22-27: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%201:22-27;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. John 16:23-33: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2016:23-33;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Damaskinos_LastSupper.jpg
  5. The Last Supper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_%28Damaskinos%29

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