A.D. 2096 December 30
The First Sunday After Christmas Day
Collects
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, 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 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
References
The Sixth Day of Christmas
Collects
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, 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 Colors
White or Gold
Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934
Liturgical Colors
White or Gold