Covenant HouseholdChristmas
Christmas Day, 25 December, is the feast of the birth of Christ. The season continues to 5 January.
The lessons tell how the Word became flesh. The days after Christmas also remember Stephen, John and the children of Bethlehem.
Dates
- Friday 25 December 2026 to Tuesday 5 January 2027
- Saturday 25 December 2027 to Wednesday 5 January 2028
Christmas Day
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.
The collect for the Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, Commonly called Christmas-Day.
- Christmas DayIsaiah 9:2–7; Luke 2:1–20
- Saint Stephen's DayGenesis 4:1–10; Acts 6
Saint John the Evangelist's Day
MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The collect for Saint John the Evangelist's Day.
- Saint John the Evangelist's DayExodus 33:9–19; John 13:21–35
- The Innocents' DayJeremiah 31:1–17; Matthew 18:1–10
- Tuesday, 29 DecemberIsaiah 55; Luke 12:1–21
- Wednesday, 30 DecemberIsaiah 60:13–22; Luke 12:22–34
- Thursday, 31 DecemberIsaiah 62; Luke 12:35–48
The Sunday after Christmas Day
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, one God, world without end. Amen.
The collect for the Sunday after Christmas-Day.
- The Sunday after Christmas DayIsaiah 40:1–11; Luke 2:22–40
- The Circumcision of ChristGenesis 17:1–13; Romans 2:17–29
- Friday, 2 JanuaryIsaiah 63:1–6; Matthew 1:18–25
- Saturday, 3 JanuaryIsaiah 64; Matthew 2
- Monday, 4 JanuaryIsaiah 65:17–25; Matthew 3:1–17
- Monday, 5 JanuaryIsaiah 66:10–24; Matthew 4:12–25
The Second Sunday after Christmas Day
ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man; Grant us the true Circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The collect for the Circumcision of Christ.
- The Second Sunday after Christmas DayIsaiah 42:1–16; Matthew 6:19–34