The Second Sunday of Christmas

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Principal Service
Jeremiah 31.7-14
Psalm 147.13-21
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18
(or)
Ecclesiasticus 24.1-12
Canticle: Wisdom of Solomon 10.15-21
Ephesians 1.3-14
John 1.[1-9]10-18

Third Service
Psalm 87
Jeremiah 31.15-17
2 Corinthians 1.3-12

Second Service
Psalm 135*
Isaiah 41.21 - 42.4
Colossians 1.1-14
Gospel at Holy Communion:
Matthew 2.13-23

Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 49.1-13
John 4.7-26

Collect

Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

All praise to you,
almighty God and heavenly king,
who sent your Son into the world
to take our nature upon him
and to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that, as we are born again in him,
so he may continually dwell in us
and reign on earth as he reigns in heaven,
now and for ever.

Additional Collect

God our Father,
in love you sent your Son
that the world may have life:
lead us to seek him among the outcast
and to find him in those in need,
for Jesus Christ’s sake.

Collect on the Eve of Epiphany

O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.