The Sunday After Christmas Day

by CCW | 30 December 2012 01:00

Labouret Workshop, Annunciation to Joseph[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: A. Labouret Workshop, Annunciation to Joseph, 1960. Mosaic, Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal[5], Montreal.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/LabouretWorkshop_AnnunciationToJoseph.jpg
  2. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#christmas1
  3. Galatians 4:1-7: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%204:1-7;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. Matthew 1:18-25: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%201:18-25;&version=ESVUK;
  5. Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal: http://www.saint-joseph.org/en_1001_index.php

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