The Nativity of Our Lord
by CCW | 25 December 2019 01:00
[1]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[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: Hebrews 1:1-12[3]
The Gospel: St. John 1:1-14[4]
Artwork: Jacopo Bassano, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1590-91. Oil on canvas, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
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- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#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;
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