Christmas Eve
by CCW | 24 December 2013 01:00
The collect for today, Christmas Eve (source[1]):
Almighty God,
who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who liveth and reigneth with thee
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Epistle: Titus 2:11-15[2]
The Gospel: St. Luke 2:1-14[3]
“Christmas Eve[4]”
(a poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti[5])
Christmas hath darkness
Brighter than the blazing noon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
Earth, strike up your music,
Birds that sing and bells that ring;
Heaven hath answering music
For all Angels soon to sing:
Earth, put on your whitest
Bridal robe of spotless snow:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
[6]Artwork: Master of the Trebon Altarpiece[7], Adoration of the Child, c. 1380-90. Tempera on spruce, Ales Gallery, Hluboká Castle, Czech Republic.
- source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/tradadventtoprelent.aspx
- Titus 2:11-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%202:11-15&version=ESVUK
- St. Luke 2:1-14: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%202:1-14&version=ESVUK
- Christmas Eve: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/christmastide_poems_of_christina.htm#Christmas%20Eve
- Christina Georgina Rossetti: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/rossettibio.html
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TrebonAltarpiece_AdorationOfChild.jpg
- Master of the Trebon Altarpiece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_T%C5%99ebo%C5%88_Altarpiece
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2013/12/24/christmas-eve-5/