The Nativity of Our Lord
by CCW | 25 December 2009 05:00
The collect for today, the Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called Christmas-day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle: Hebrews 1:1-12[2]
The Gospel: St John 1:1-14[3]
[4]Artwork: Gerrit van Honthorst, The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1617. Oil on canvas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#christmas
- Hebrews 1:1-12: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb%201:1-12&version=ESV
- St John 1:1-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:1-14;&version=ESV;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Honthorst_AdorationOfTheShepherds.jpg
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