Our Anglican
Theology is formed in part by the prayers from The Book of Common Prayer.
Christmas Day
O
God, who makest us glad by the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son
Jesus Christ: Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may
with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge; who liveth
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Christmas Eve
O
God, who hast caused this holy night to shine with the illumination of the true
Light: Grant us, we beseech thee, that as we have known the mystery of that
Light upon earth, so may we also perfectly enjoy him in heaven; where with thee
and the Holy Spirit he liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting.
Amen.
Christmas
Almighty
God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and
as at this time to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that we, being regenerate
and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy
Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
A
Poem from an Anglican Writer, Christina Rossetti (183—1890). Christina Rossetti
was an Anglo-Catholic writer. Her brother was a founding member of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Rossetti’s best known poem is Goblin Market.
Love Came Down at Christmas
~ Christina Rossetti
Love came down
at Christmas,
Love all lovely,
love divine;
Love was born at
Christmas,
Star and angels
gave the sign.
Worship we the
Godhead,
Love incarnate,
love divine;
Worship we our
Jesus:
But wherewith
for sacred sign?
Love shall be
our token,
Love shall be
yours and love be mine,
Love to God and
to all men,
Love
for plea and gift and sign.
[The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the
Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded
in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel
Rossetti. The three founders were joined by William Michael Rossetti, James
Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner to form the seven-member
"brotherhood". Their principles were shared by other male and female
artists, notably Marie Spartali Stillman.]
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