The Sunday After Christmas Day
by CCW | 27 December 2020 01:01
The collect for today, the Sunday after Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
[2]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[3]
The Gospel: St Matthew 1:18-25[4]
Artwork: Vicente López Portaña, Saint Joseph’s Dream, 1791-92. Oil on paper attached to cardboard, Prado, Madrid.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#christmas1
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/LopezPortana_JosephsDream_1792.jpg
- Galatians 4:1-7: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%204:1-7;&version=ESVUK;
- St Matthew 1:18-25: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%201:18-25;&version=ESVUK;
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