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SUMMARY:CW* Christmas Day
DESCRIPTION:Christmas Day\nhttps://almanac.oremus.org/2025-12-25\nGold or White\nPrincipal Feast\nAny of the following sets of readings may be used on Christmas Night and on Christmas Day. Set III should be used at some service during the celebration.\nPrincipal Service\nI\nIsaiah 9.2-7\nPsalm 96\nTitus 2.11-14\nLuke 2.1-14 [15-20]\nII\nIsaiah 62.6-end\nPsalm 97\nTitus 3.4-7\nLuke 2.[1-7] 8-20\nIII\nIsaiah 52.7-10\nPsalm 98\nHebrews 1.1-4 [5-12]\nJohn 1.1-14\nThird Service\nIsaiah 62.1-5\nMatthew 1.18-end\nMorning Psalms\nPsalms 110, 117\nSecond Service\nIsaiah 65.17-end\nPhilippians 2.5-11 or\nLuke 2.1-20 if it has not been used at the principal service of the day\nEvening Psalm\nPsalm 8\nCollect\n(Christmas Night)\nEternal God,\nwho made this most holy night\nto shine with the brightness of your one true light:\nbring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth,\nto see the radiance of your heavenly glory;\nthrough Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,\nwho is alive and reigns with you,\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit,\none God, now and for ever.\n(Christmas Day)\nAlmighty God,\nyou have given us your only-begotten Son\nto take our nature upon him\nand as at this time to be born of a pure virgin:\ngrant that we, who have been born again\nand made your children by adoption and grace,\nmay daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit;\nthrough Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,\nwho is alive and reigns with you,\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit,\none God, now and for ever.\nPost Communion\n(Christmas Night)\nGod our Father,\nin this night you have made known to us again\nthe coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:\nconfirm our faith and fix our eyes on him\nuntil the day dawns\nand Christ the Morning Star rises in our hearts.\nTo him be glory both now and for ever.\n(Christmas Day)\nGod our Father,\nwhose Word has come among us\nin the Holy Child of Bethlehem:\nmay the light of faith illumine our hearts\nand shine in our words and deeds;\nthrough him who is Christ the Lord.\nAdditional Collect\n(Christmas Night)\nEternal God,\nin the stillness of this night\nyou sent your almighty Word\nto pierce the world’s darkness with the light of salvation:\ngive to the earth the peace that we long for\nand fill our hearts with the joy of heaven\nthrough our Saviour, Jesus Christ.\n(Christmas Day)\nLord Jesus Christ,\nyour birth at Bethlehem\ndraws us to kneel in wonder at heaven touching earth:\naccept our heartfelt praise\nas we worship you,\nour Saviour and our eternal God.\nBCP: Christmas Day\nBCP Holy Communion\nIsaiah 9.2-7\nPsalm 98\nHebrews 1.1-12\nJohn 1.1-14\nBCP Collect\nAlmighty 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.\n
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