Christmas Eve
by CCW | 24 December 2016 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]
[4]
Christmas Eve[5]
(a poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti[6])
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.
Artwork: Caravaggio, Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence, 1609. Oil on canvas,
Formerly in Oratorio di San Lorenzo[7], Palermo. Missing since theft on 18 October 1969[8].
- 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
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Caravaggio_NativityWithStFrancisStLawrence.jpg
- 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
- Oratorio di San Lorenzo: http://palermo.for91days.com/2011/10/10/the-oratory-of-san-lorenzo-and-the-20-million-art-crime/
- theft on 18 October 1969: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131219-hunting-a-stolen-masterpiece
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/24/christmas-eve-8/