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Saint Agnes of Rome
by Scott Gilbreath ~ January 21st, 2009
The collect for today, the Feast Day of St Agnes (d. 304), virgin and martyr (source):
Eternal God, Shepherd of thy sheep,
by whose grace thy child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness,
in her life and in her death,
to the true love of her redeemer:
grant us the power to understand, with all thy saints,
what is the breadth and length and height and depth
and to know the love that passeth all knowledge,
even 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.
For the Epistle: Song of Solomon 2:10-13
The Gospel: St Matthew 18:1-6
Artwork: Sir Edward Burne-Jones, St Agnes, 1887-88. Stained glass, St Paul’s Church, Irton, England.
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