The Sunday After Christmas Day

by CCW | 27 December 2015 01:01

The collect for today, the Sunday after 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: Galatians 4:1-7[2]
The Gospel: St Matthew 1:18-25[3]

Pierre Parrocel, Dream of St. Joseph[4]Artwork: Pierre Parrocel, The Dream of Saint Joseph, early 18th century. Oil on canvas, Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor de Nîmes[5].

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Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#christmas1
  2. Galatians 4:1-7: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%204:1-7;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St Matthew 1:18-25: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%201:18-25;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ParrocelP_DreamOfStJoseph.jpg
  5. Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor de Nîmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%AEmes_Cathedral

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