Monthly Archives: December 2020

The Naming and Circumcision of JesusThe celebration of this scriptural festival marks three events: firstly, the naming of the infant; secondly, the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham ‘and his children for ever’, thus Christ’s keeping of the Law; and thirdly, traditionally the first shedding of the Christ’s blood. The most significant ofContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, January 1, 2021”

Antiphon1 Ant. Yours are the heavens, yours is the earth, *the world and the fullness thereof have been founded by you.Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.V. A God to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *great and awesome to all around him. Psalm 89 Almighty God,you wonderfully created,and yet more wonderfully restored,theContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, December 31, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Radiant light will shine upon us today, * for the Lord is born unto us. He shall be called Wonderful God, Prince of Peace, Father of the world to come. His reign shall have no end.V. The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed. †The Lord has robed himself with might; *he has girdedContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, December 30, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Yours are the heavens, yours is the earth, * the world and the fullness thereof have been founded by you. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.V. A God to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *great and awesome to all around him. Psalm 89 Almighty God,you wonderfully created,andContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, December 29, 2020”

The Holy InnocentsHerod ‘the Great’ was appointed King of the Jews by the Roman authorities in Palestine and he proved to be ruthlessly efficient in his thirty-three years of dealing with his subjects. In Matthew’s gospel, he tried to persuade the Magi, to whom he played the host on their journey seeking the one ‘whoContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, December 28, 2020”

For another form of worship in the home based on today’s lessons in the Revised Common Lectionary, go to https://blogs.elca.org/worship/3214/ Saint John the EvangelistWhether or not John the Apostle and John the Evangelist are one and the same, the Church honours on this day the one who proclaims Jesus as the Word made flesh and whoContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, December 27, 2020”

Saint StephenIn the book of the Acts of the Apostles, Stephen is described as one of the seven deacons whose job it is to care for the widows in the early Church in Jerusalem. His eloquent speech before the Sanhedrin, in which he shows the great sweep of Jewish history as leading to the birthContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, December 26, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Unto us a child is born, * unto us a son is given.Dominion is on his shoulder and his name shall be called the Angel of Great Counsel.V. O sing a new song to the Lord, *for he has worked wonders.His right hand and his holy arm *have brought salvation. Isaiah 9; PsalmContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, December 25, 2020”

Antiphon1 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see the salvation which comes from our God.V. The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, *the world, and those who dwell in it.It is he who set it on the seas; *on the rivers he made it firm. Isaiah 40, PsalmContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, December 24, 2020”

AntiphonChant https://tinyurl.com/y9mr4gll O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God. O Immanuel,child of promise and sign of hope,you come from a distance far beyondContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, December 23, 2020”