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The collect for today, The Feast Day of Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles, from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer:
O Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: St James 1:1-12
The Gospel: St John 14:1-14
Paintings: Albrecht Dürer, The Apostle James and The Apostle Philip, 1516. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
More on St Philip and St James here.
