A.D. 1986 December 6
The First Saturday 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, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 110; 116; 117 or 110:1–5; 116; 117
- Amos 5:18–27 (optional)
- Luke 21:5–19
Liturgical Colours
Purple
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342
Johannes of Ljubljana, Saint Nicholas Saves Three Innocents, 1443, National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold