The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ
by CCW | 1 January 2012 01:00
The collects for today, The Octave Day of Christmas and 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: Riccardo Taurigny, The Great Choir: The Circumcision of Jesus, 1558-66. Walnut, Basilica di Santa Giustina[5] (Basilica of Saint Justine[6]), Padua.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#christmasoctave
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TaurignyCircumcision.jpg
- Isaiah 9:2-7: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%209:2-7&version=ESV
- St. Luke 2:15-21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%202:15-21;&version=ESV;
- Basilica di Santa Giustina: http://www.abbaziasantagiustina.org/
- Basilica of Saint Justine: http://www.tiscover.com/it/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,SIG38832it,parentId,RGN8it,season,at1,selectedEntry,sights/intern.html
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