St. Nicholas, Bishop
by CCW | 6 December 2025 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]
[4]Artwork: Leonardo Corona, St. Nicholas Having a Tree Worshiped by Pagans Cut Down, c. 1595. Oil on canvas, San Nicolò dei Mendicoli[5], Venice.
- source: http://justus.anglican.org/~ss/commonworship/collects/trad/traddecember.html
- 1 St. John 4:7-14: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%204:7-14;&version=ESVUK;
- St. Mark 10:13-16: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:13-16;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Corona_NicholasHavingTreeCutDown.jpg
- San Nicolò dei Mendicoli: https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2024/07/churches-of-venice-san-nicolo-dei.html
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2025/12/06/st-nicholas-bishop-13/