A.D. 2026 January 4
The Second Sunday After Christmas Day
Adam Elsheimer, The Flight into Egypt, 1609, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Collects
O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Common Lectionary — Year A
Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 145
- Sirach 3:3–9, 14–17 (optional)
- Colossians 3:12–17
Other lectionaries
1979 Lectionary — Year A
Prefaces
Because you gave Jesus Christ, your only Son, to be born for us; who, by the mighty power of the Holy Spirit, was made perfect Man of the flesh of the Virgin Mary his mother; so that we might be delivered from the bondage of sin, and receive power to become your children.
Liturgical Colors
White or Gold
The Eleventh Day of Christmas
Collects
O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
Daily Office Lectionary — Year Two
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 89:1–29
- Exodus 3:1–12 (optional)
- Ephesians 5:1–20
Liturgical Colors
White or Gold