A.D. 2096 December 30
The First Sunday After Christmas Day
Collects
Almighty God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word: Grant that the same light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Common Lectionary — Year C
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 34
- I Samuel 1:1–2, 7b–28 (optional)
- Matthew 1:18–25
Other lectionaries
1979 Lectionary — Year C
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
References
The Sixth Day of Christmas
Collects
Almighty God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word: Grant that the same light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 23; 27
- I Kings 17:17–24 (optional)
- John 7:53–8:11
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold
Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold