CW Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

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Purple

Morning Eucharist
2 Samuel 7.1-5, 8-11, 16
Psalm 89.2,19-27
Acts 13.16-26
Luke 1.67-79

Morning Prayer
Psalms 45, 113
Isaiah 54
2 Peter 1.16 – 2.3

Evening Prayer
Psalm 85
Zechariah 2
Revelation 1.1-8

Additional Weekday Lectionary
At Evening Prayer the readings for Christmas Eve are used. At other services, the following readings are used
Isaiah 29.13-18
1 John 4.7-16

These prayers are provided for a morning celebration of the Eucharist and for Morning and Evening Prayer. For Christmas Night, see the provision for Christmas Day.

Collect

Almighty God,
you make us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

Eternal God, for whom we wait,
you have fed us with the bread of eternal life:
keep us ever watchful,
that we may be ready to stand before the Son of man,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Additional Collect

Almighty God,
as we prepare with joy
to celebrate the gift of the Christ-child,
embrace the earth with your glory
and be for us a living hope
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Christmas Eve