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The collect for today, the Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Doctor of the Church, Priest, Friar, Poet (source):
Eternal God,
who enriched your Church with the learning and holiness
of your servant Thomas Aquinas:
give to all who seek you
a humble mind and a pure heart
that they may know your Son Jesus Christ
as the way, the truth and the life;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
For the Epistle: Wisdom 7:7-14
The Gospel: St Matthew 13:47-52
Artwork: Sandro Botticelli (attributed to), St Thomas Aquinas, 1481-1482. Oil on panel, Foundation Abegg, Riggisberg, Bern.
