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- THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY (03 JAN 1992)
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- READING: Isaiah 62:6-7,10-12
- ("Say to the daughter of Zion: behold, your salvation comes!")
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- PSALM 97
- (The LORD is King... the heavens have declared his righteousness,
- and all the peoples have seen his glory.)
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- EPISTLE: Titus 3:4-7
- (God has saved us, not because of our merit, but because of His
- generosity, cleansing and renewing us through Jesus Christ and
- the Holy Spirit.)
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- THE HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 2:15-20
- (The shepherds come to the manger to adore the Infant Jesus.)
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- PRAYER (traditional language)
- O God, who didst wonderfully create, and yet more wonderfully
- restore, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share
- the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity,
- thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in
- the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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- PRAYER (contemporary language)
- 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.
-