The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of
Christ,
Commonly called Christmas-Day.
Psalm
98
Cantate Domino
O SING unto the Lord a new song : for he hath done marvellous things.
2. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he gotten
himself the victory.
3. The Lord declared his salvation : his righteousness hath he openly
shewed in the sight of the heathen.
4. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel :
and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.
5. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands : sing, rejoice,
and give thanks.
6. Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of
thanksgiving.
7. With trumpets also and shawms : O shew yourselves joyful before the
Lord the King.
8. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is : the round world,
and they that dwell therein.
9. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful
together before the Lord : for he is come to
judge the earth.
10. With righteousness shall he judge the world : and the people with
equity.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY
God,
who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at
this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we, being regenerate and made
thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit;
through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 1.1-12
Gospel Reading: St. John 1.1-14
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[If in
any Church the Holy Communion be twice celebrated on Christmas Day, the
following Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may be used at the first Communion.
[Appropriate for Christmas Eve]
Psalm
8
Domine, Dominus noster
O LORD our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world : thou
hast set thy glory above the heavens!
2. Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.
3. For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the
moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
5. Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and
worship.
6. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and
thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;
7. All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever
walketh through the paths of the seas.
9. O Lord our Governor : how excellent is thy Name in all the world!
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.]
Epistle Reading: Titus 2.11-15
Gospel Reading: Luke 2.1-14
Homily from Cyril of Alexandria: http://orderofcenturions.org/documents/2christmas.html
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