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]
[4]Artwork: Legnanino (Stefano Maria Legnani [5]), The Dream of St. Joseph, 1708. Oil on canvas, Civic Museum, Novara, Italy.