The Nativity of Our Lord
by CCW | 25 December 2012 01:00
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: Paolo Veronese, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1558-60. Oil on canvas, Ceiling, Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary[5], Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo[6] (Basilica of Saints John and Paul), Venice.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#christmas
- Hebrews 1:1-12: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb%201:1-12&version=ESVUK
- St. John 1:1-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:1-14;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Veronese_AdorationOfTheShepherds.jpg
- Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/v/veronese/02b/index.html
- Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo: http://www.basilicasantigiovanniepaolo.it/en/basilic/the-interior/the-rosary-chapel.html
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