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Commentary from THE ANNOTATED
BOOK OF COMMON
PRAYEREdited by JOHN HENRY BLUNT
Rivingtons, London, 1884
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
The compassion of Christ is illustrated by the Gospel of this Sunday,
which is that narrating the restoration to life of the widow's son; the
pity of the Father is besought for the Church; and the earnest prayer of
St. Paul in the Epistle exemplifies the spirit in which such a prayer should
be offered, as well as the nature of the blessings to be prayed for.
Our Lord's meeting with the funeral procession at the gate of the city
may be taken as a beautiful precedent for the custom ordered in the second
Rubric of the Burial Service: and when mourners hear Christ's ministers,
on such an occasion, saying, "I am the Resurrection and the Life," they
may remember with thankful hope that these are the words of Him Who, saying,
"Weep not...came and touched the bier," and said also, "Young man, I say
unto thee, Arise."
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