The Octave Day of Christmas and The Circumcision of Christ

by CCW | 1 January 2010 05:00

The collects for today, The Octave Day of Christmas and Feast of The Circumcision of Christ, being New Year’s Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

[2]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.

Of the Circumcision:

ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man: Grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the New Year:

O IMMORTAL Lord God, who inhabitest eternity, and hast brought thy servants to the beginning of another year: Pardon, we humbly beseech thee, our transgressions in the past, bless to us this New Year, and graciously abide with us all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lesson: Isaiah 9:2-7[3]
The Gospel: St Luke 2:15-21[4]

Artwork: Piers Paul Rubens, The Circumcision, 1605. Oil on canvas, Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna.

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