Bountiful God, giver of all gifts,
who poured your Spirit upon your servant Barnabas
and gave him grace to encourage others:
help us, by his example,
to be generous in our judgements
and unselfish in our service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
'St Paul and St Barnabas in Lystra' by Jacob Jordaens (c.1616), in The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) June 11, 2024
It depicts Paul and Barnabas, mistaken for the gods Mercury and Jupiter when preaching in the pagan city of Lystra (Acts 14.8-18), rejecting a sacrifice in their honour pic.twitter.com/BOGWGxjp9z