Christmas Eve
by CCW | 24 December 2009 05:00
The collect for today, Christmas Eve (source[1]):
Almighty God,
who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who liveth and reigneth with thee
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Epistle: Titus 2:11-15[2]
The Gospel: St Luke 2:1-14[3]
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Artwork: Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), The Nativity, 1409. Tempera on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art[5], New York.
“Christmas Eve[6]”
(a poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti[7])
Christmas hath darkness
Brighter than the blazing noon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
Earth, strike up your music,
Birds that sing and bells that ring;
Heaven hath answering music
For all Angels soon to sing:
Earth, put on your whitest
Bridal robe of spotless snow:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
- source: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship/texts/collects/trad/tradadventtoprelent.html
- Titus 2:11-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%202:11-15&version=ESV
- St Luke 2:1-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%202:1-14&version=ESV
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Lorenzo_Nativity1409.jpg
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_robert_lehman_collection/the_nativity/objectView.aspx?&OID=150000055&collID=15&vw=0
- Christmas Eve: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/christmastide_poems_of_christina.htm#Christmas%20Eve
- Christina Georgina Rossetti: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/rossettibio.html
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2009/12/24/christmas-eve/