Ash Wednesday
by CCW | 5 March 2025 01:00
The collect for today, The First Day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
[2]ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: St James 4:6-11a[3]
The Gospel: St Matthew 6:16-21[4]
Artwork: Joseph Noel Paton, Christian at the Foot of the Cross, 1873. Oil on canvas, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, U.K.
- The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#ashwednesday
- [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Paton_ChristianAtFootOfCross.jpg
- St James 4:6-11a: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%204:6-11&version=ESVUK
- St Matthew 6:16-21: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%206:16-21;&version=ESVUK;
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