St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by CCW | 26 July 2024 01:00

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (source[1]):

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin[2]O GOD, who didst vouchsafe to bestow grace upon blessed Anne, that she might become the mother of the parent of thy Only-begotten Son: Mercifully grant that we who celebrate her festival may be partakers with her of thy heavenly grace; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lesson: 1 Samuel 2:1-8[3]
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:26-33[4]

Artwork: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin, 1848-49. Oil on canvas, Tate Britain.

Endnotes:
  1. source: http://www.commonprayer.org/calend/propers/anne.cfm
  2. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rossetti_GirlhoodOfMaryVirgin.jpg
  3. 1 Samuel 2:1-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20samuel%202:1-8&version=ESVUK
  4. St. Luke 1:26-33: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:26-33&version=ESVUK

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