Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Second Sunday after Trinity
Click here to listen to an audio recording of the 8:00am service of Holy Communion at Christ Church on the Second Sunday after Trinity.
Category: Prayers and liturgy
The Second Sunday After Trinity
The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St. John 3:13-24
The Gospel: St. Luke 14:15-24
Artwork: Joachim Wtewael, Kitchen Interior with the Parable of the Great Supper, 1605. Oil on canvas, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
St. Barnabas the Apostle
The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Spirit: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson: Acts 11:22-26
The Gospel: St. John 15:12-16
Artwork: Cesare Mariani, Paul and Barnabas Taken for Gods, c. 1857-60. Oil on canvas, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome.
Columba, Abbott of Iona
The collect for today, the commemoration of Columba (c. 521-597) Abbot of Iona, Missionary (source):
Almighty God,
who didst fill the heart of Columba
with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
and with deep love for those in his care:
grant to thy pilgrim people grace to follow him,
strong in faith, sustained by hope,
and made one in the love that binds us to thee;
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 Corinthians 3:11-23
The Gospel: St. Luke 10:17-20
Artwork: The St. Columba stained glass was made by the firm of James Powell and Sons, Middlesex, England, and installed in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, St John’s, Newfoundland, in 1951. Photograph taken by admin, 7 September 2009.
Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, First Sunday after Trinity
Click here to listen to an audio recording of the 8:00am service of Holy Communion at Christ Church on the First Sunday after Trinity.
The First Sunday After Trinity
The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, commonly called The First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St. John 4:7-21
The Gospel: St. Luke 16:19-31
Artwork: Codex Aureus Epternacensis (Manuscript of the Golden Gospels), Lazarus and the Rich Man, c. 1035-40. Illumination, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.
Boniface, Missionary, Bishop and Martyr
The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton (c. 675 – 754), Bishop, Apostle to the Germans, Patron Saint of Germany, Martyr (source):
God our redeemer,
who didst call thy servant Boniface
to preach the gospel among the German people
and to build up thy Church in holiness:
grant that we may hold fast in our hearts
that faith which he taught with his words
and sealed with his blood,
and profess it in lives dedicated to thy Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Lesson: Acts 20:17-28
The Gospel: St. Luke 24:44-53
Artwork: Heinrich Maria von Hess, St. Boniface Fells Sacred Oak, 1833-34. Abbey of St. Boniface, Munich. (Original fresco destroyed in World War II.)
Justin Martyr
The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Justin (c. 100 – 165), Philosopher, Apologist, Martyr at Rome (source):
O God our redeemer,
who through the folly of the cross
didst teach thy martyr Justin
the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ:
free us, we beseech thee, from every kind of error,
that we, like him, may be firmly grounded in the faith,
and make thy name known to all peoples;
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 Corinthians 1:18-30
The Gospel: St. Luke 12:1-8
Artwork: Saint Justin Martyr, stained glass, Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Detroit.
Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Trinity Sunday
Click here to listen to an audio recording of the 8:00am service of Holy Communion at Christ Church on Trinity Sunday.
Trinity Sunday
The collect for today, the Octave Day of Pentecost, commonly called Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: We beseech thee, that this holy faith may evermore be our defence against all adversities; who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Lesson: Revelation 4:1-11
The Gospel: St. John 3:1-15
Artwork: Corrado Giaquinto, The Trinity, 1755-56. Oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid.