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Illuminated initial from De Speculo Caritatis (The Mirror of Charity) by Ælred of Rieveaulx Almighty and everlasting God, who ceasest not alike to teach and succour the children of thy Church: Grant, we pray thee, that as thou hast given Saint Aelred unto thy faithful people to be the minister of their everlasting . . . → Read More: Saint Ælred of Riveaulx, Abbot 
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck. From Wikimedia ACCEPT, O Lord, our thanksgiving this day for thy servant William Laud; and grant unto us such constancy and zeal in thy service, that we may obtain with him and thy servants everywhere a good confession and the crown of . . . → Read More: Archbishop William Laud 
Child Jesus in the Temple, by Jan Steen (1625/26–1679). From Wikipedia. O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to . . . → Read More: The First Sunday after the Epiphany 
Lucian of Antioch, a miniature from the anonymous Menologion of Basil II. From Wikipedia. O God, by whose grace and power thy holy Martyr Lucian triumphed over suffering, and despised death: Grant, we beseech thee, that enduring hardness, and waxing valiant in fight we may with him receive a crown of glory . . . → Read More: Saint Lucian 
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave. The Adoration of the Magi (the middle panel of a triptych), by Pieter Aertsen. From Wikimedia. O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only–begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant that we, who know . . . → Read More: The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles 
Portrait of Elizabeth Ann Seton (Mother Seton), by an unknown 19th-century artist. From Wikipedia. GIVE us grace, O God, to love thee in all things and above all things, that following the example of thy servant Elizabeth Ann Seton we might express our love for thee in the service of others; through . . . → Read More: Elizabeth Seton, Founder of the American Sisters of Charity Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian), attributed to Andrei Rublëv (c. 1360/70–1427/30). From Wikipedia. Basil the Great. Fresco in the cathedral of Ohrid. The saint is shown consecrating the Gifts during the Divine Liturgy which bears his name. From Wikipedia. ALMIGHTY God, who hast revealed to thy . . . → Read More: Saint Basil the Great of Caesarea and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops and Doctors 
The Circumcision, from the middle panel of The Seven Sorrows of Mary, by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1518). From Wikipedia. Almighty God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man: Grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified . . . → Read More: The Circumcision of Christ, or The Holy Name 
O God, who in the beginning of all things didst create heaven and earth: Grant that at this beginning of the year we may create a world filled with compassion and kindness, with mercy and forgiveness, with beauty and wonder; and help us, we beseech thee, to prepare for that last day when thy Son . . . → Read More: For New Year’s Eve |
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