A.D. 2093 December 26

Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr

Rodolfo Bernardelli, The Protomartyr Saint Stephen, 1879, State Art Gallery of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Collects

We give thee thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of the first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed for his persecutors to thy Son Jesus Christ, who standeth at thy right hand; where he liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year C

Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two

Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer

Prefaces

Because thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born for us; who, by the mighty power of the Holy Ghost, was made very Man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; that we might be delivered from the bondage of sin, and receive power to become thy children.

Liturgical Colours

Red

References

The Second Day of Christmas

Rodolfo Bernardelli, The Protomartyr Saint Stephen, 1879, State Art Gallery of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Collects

We give thee thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of the first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed for his persecutors to thy Son Jesus Christ, who standeth at thy right hand; where he liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year C

Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two

Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer

Prefaces

Because thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born for us; who, by the mighty power of the Holy Ghost, was made very Man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; that we might be delivered from the bondage of sin, and receive power to become thy children.

Liturgical Colours

White or Gold

Eve of Saint John

Collects

Shed upon thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, the brightness of thy light; that we, being illumined by the teaching of thine apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that we may at length attain to the fullness of life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lessons

Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

Because thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born for us; who, by the mighty power of the Holy Ghost, was made very Man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; that we might be delivered from the bondage of sin, and receive power to become thy children.

Liturgical Colours

White or Gold