Posted by petrus, on May 14th, 2015
Ascension by John Singleton Copley (1738–1815)
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only–begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither . . . → Read More: The Ascension Day
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Posted by petrus, on May 13th, 2015
O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where . . . → Read More: Ascension Eve
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Posted by petrus, on May 10th, 2015
O Lord, from whom all good things do come: Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that are good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
¶ Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week are the . . . → Read More: The Fifth Sunday after Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday
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Posted by petrus, on May 6th, 2015
Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our . . . → Read More: Saint John before the Latin Gate
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Posted by petrus, on May 5th, 2015
O God, the light of the faithful and shepherd of souls, who didst set blessed Asaph to be a Bishop in the Church, that he might feed thy sheep by his word, and guide them by his example: Grant us, we beseech thee, to keep the faith which he taught, and to follow in . . . → Read More: Saint Asaph
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Posted by petrus, on May 4th, 2015
Almighty God, King of Heaven: Grant, we beseech thee, that as we go forth against the forces of darkness, so we may be prevented by the force of thy Holy Spirit and all the heavenly host; that at the last we may enter into the Kingdom of Peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. . . . → Read More: May the Fourth
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Posted by petrus, on May 4th, 2015
Monica of Hippo by Benozzo Gozzoli (1420–1497)
Almighty God, who didst graciously hear the prayers of blessed Monnica for the conversion of Augustine her son: Grant that we in our intercession may likewise never falter in love nor be wearied in asking; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee . . . → Read More: Saint Monnica
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Posted by petrus, on May 3rd, 2015
O God, who by a wonderful mercy didst make the instrument of shameful death the means of our salvation: Out of weakness make us strong to take up the Cross, that we may be numbered among the redeemed who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, even thy Son Jesus Christ, who once was slain, but . . . → Read More: The Finding of the Cross
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Posted by petrus, on May 3rd, 2015
O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where . . . → Read More: The Fourth Sunday after Easter
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Posted by petrus, on May 2nd, 2015
Earliest attested version of the Scutum Fidei (Shield of Faith) or Scutum Sancte Trinitatis (Shield of the Holy Trinity), from the Cotton Faustina manuscript B. VII of byPetrus Pictaviensis (Peter of Poitiers), c. 1210. From Wikipedia.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that, like as blessed Athanasius contended earnestly for the . . . → Read More: Saint Athanasius
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