The Sunday After Christmas Day
by CCW | 27 December 2009 05:00
[1]The collect for today, the Sunday after Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer [2](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: Galatians 4:1-7[3]
The Gospel: St Matthew 1:18-25[4]
Artwork: Francisco Goya, The Dream of Saint Joseph, c. 1772. Oil on plaster transferred to canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Saragossa, Spain.
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Goya_DreamOfStJoseph.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer : http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#christmas1
- Galatians 4:1-7: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%204:1-7;&version=ESV;
- St Matthew 1:18-25: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%201:18-25;&version=ESV;
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