A.D. 2001 December 6
The First Thursday of Advent
Collects
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 90
- Sirach 38 or 38:1–15, 24–34
- Acts 28:1–15
Evening Prayer
Liturgical Colours
Purple
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 326
Johannes of Ljubljana, Saint Nicholas Saves Three Innocents, 1443, National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold