Readings:
Genesis
17:1-8
Psalm
132:11-19
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
Luke
1:26-33
Preface of the Incarnation
[Common of a Saint]
[Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Godbearer]
PRAYERS (traditional language)
Almighty God, heavenly Father, we remember in thanksgiving this day
the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and we pray that we all may be
made one in the heavenly family of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who
with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
PRAYERS (contemporary language)
Almighty God, heavenly Father, we remember in thanksgiving this day
the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and we pray that we all may be
made one in the heavenly family of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who
with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons revised at General Convention 2024.
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PARENTS OF THE VIRGIN MARY
(26 JULY NT)
The
Scriptures tell us nothing about the parents of the Virgin Mother, not
even their names. An early but unreliable document, known as the Proto-Gospel
(or Proto-Evangelion) of James, calls them Ann and Joachim, by which names
they are customarily known. Our only real information about them, however,
is an inference from the kind of daughter they reared.
by James Kiefer