Almighty God, who through your Son Jesus Christ called Matthew from
the selfish pursuit of gain to become an apostle and evangelist: free us
from all possessiveness and love of riches that we may follow in the steps
of Jesus Christ our Lord; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen…
Collect Almighty God. who chose the blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of your only Son. grant that we who are redeemed by his blood may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. […]
In art Bartholomew is most commonly depicted with a beard and curly hair at the time of his martyrdom. Legends has it that he was skinned alive and beheaded. So he is often depicted holding his flayed skin or the curved flensing knife with which he was skinned…