The Sunday Next Before Advent 2020
Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (detail from the Ghent Altarpiece). (1432). Jan van Eyck (1390-1441). Oil on wood. THE COLLECT. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that…
Trinity 23 2020
THE COLLECT. O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which…
Octave Day of All Saints 2020
Squared-up drawings of soldiers. (1920-1921). David Jones (1895 – 1974). Ink and pencil on paper. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, we remember before thee all thy servants who have served thee faithfully…
All Saints Day 2020
Adoration of the Trinity. (1509-1511). Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528). Oil on poplar panel THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body…
Trinity 20 2020
Untitled depicting Matthew 22:11-14. (pub. 1840). Jan Luyken (1649 - 1712). Etching. THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may…
The Feast of Saint Luke 2020
Luke paints the Madonna and the Baby Jesus. (1532). Maarten van Heemskerk (1498-1574). Oil on panel. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an…
Trinity 18 2020
Compositional study relating to Harvest. (c. 1895). Sir George Clausen (1852-1944). Pencil on wove paper THE COLLECT. LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh,…
Trinity 17 2020
Jesus heals a man with dropsy, mosaic, artist unknown THE COLLECT. LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works;…
Erweckung des Jünglings zu Nain/Die Heilung des Blutfüssigen. (c. 1570). Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588). Oil on canvas
Trinity 16 2020
Erweckung des Jünglings zu Nain/Die Heilung des Blutfüssigen. (c. 1570). Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588). Oil on canvas THE COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church;…
Trinity 15 2020
Sermon on the Mount.(1896). Karoly Ferenczy (1862-1917). Oil on canvas THE COLLECT. KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but…