Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by CCW | 8 September 2026 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of the heavenly family of him who was pleased to be called the first-born among many brethren; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Lesson: Acts 1:12-14[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 1:39-49[3]
[4]Artwork: Erasmus Quellinus II, The Birth of the Virgin, between 1650 and 1660. Oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid.
- The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#mary
- Acts 1:12-14: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:12-14;&version=ESVUK;
- St. Luke 1:39-49: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:39-49;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/QuellinusEII_BirthOfBVM.jpg
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