The Sunday After Christmas Day
by CCW | 26 December 2010 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: Francesco Rizi, The Dream of St Joseph, c. 1665. Oil on canvas, Indianapolis Museum of Art[5], Indianapolis, Indiana.
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Rizi_DreamOfStJoseph.jpg
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#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;
- Indianapolis Museum of Art: http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/artwork/1537
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