A.D. 2101 January 2
The Second Sunday After Christmas Day
Adam Elsheimer, The Flight into Egypt, 1609, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Collects
O God, who didst wonderfully create, and yet more wonderfully restore, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Common Lectionary — Year A
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
- Psalm 66; 67
- Sirach 3:3–9, 14–17
- I John 2:12–17
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 145
- Wisdom 7:3–14 (optional)
- John 6:41–47
Other lectionaries
1979 Lectionary — Year A
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
The Ninth Day of Christmas
Collects
O God, who didst wonderfully create, and yet more wonderfully restore, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 33
- I Kings 19:1–8 (optional)
- John 6:35–42, 48–51
Liturgical Colours
White or Gold