Christmas Eve

GOD, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ; Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

Sermon by St. Cyril of Alexandria [ca. 430], readings and art here:
http://orderofcenturions.org/documents/2christmas.html:

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