The Innocents’ Day.
The Collect.
O
ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast
ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths; Mortify
and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the
innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may
glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
[Then
shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto
New-year’s Eve.]
Epistle
Reading: Revelation 14.1-5
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 2.13-18
For a short meditation on this day see my
post at: http://mphilliber.blogspot.com/2011/12/rachel-weeping.html
Primus Pilus II
