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The Collect:O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:7-14 read from the New Revised Standard Version Anglicized
Psalm:84 or 84:1-8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer
Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a read from The World English Bible
Gospel: Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12 all will be read from the Revised Standard Version Bible
The Closing Prayer: On January 10th we remember William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.