There
is usually a different Collect of the Day for each Sunday of the church
year. A “collect,” is a short prayer
that carries a particular theme.
Sometimes, but not always, the collect of the day summarizes (or
collects) the thoughts and theme projected in the Scripture readings of the
day.
Some
of the collects we have in the Book of Common Prayer date as far back as the
fifth century, but many of them were written by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of
Canterbury during the Protestant Reformation and primary author of the English
Book of Common Prayer.
Fr. Rob
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