Lectionary 24/12/2025
- Christmas Eve/Day - Sets I-3 - Years A, B & C
Lectionary Readings
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Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)
Clouds and Glory Year A - Christmas Day - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Christmas Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Christmas Day Any of these sets of readings may be used on the evening of Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day: I Isaiah 9. 2-7 Ps.96 Titus 2. 11-14 Luke 2. 1-14 [15-20] II Isaiah 62. 6-12 Ps.97 Titus 3. 4-7 Luke 2. [1-7] 8-20 III Isaiah 52.7-10 Ps.98 Hebrews 1. 1-4 [5-12] John 1. …
Where is Jesus, where is Mary
Where is Jesus, where is Mary
by Andrew Pratt
Where is Jesus, where is Mary, where is Joseph in this crowd, here where commerce feeds subversion, elevates the rich and proud. Mother, father and, and a baby, shoved by bureaucratic creeds, soon to cross a nation's borders, crowds will denigrate their needs. Lasers beaming, neo…
The shepherd mind had open eyes
The shepherd mind had open eyes
by Andrew Pratt
The shepherd mind had open eyes to calibrate the worth, to see beyond the poverty divine in human birth. These shepherd hands had held a lamb, had weighed* the new-born flesh. In every birth of lamb or child our hope is born afresh. Verses 3-4 follow *The older word, ‘hef…
Her first born son, his manger bed
Her first born son, his manger bed
by Andrew Pratt
Her first born son, his manger bed, the straw was where he'd lay his head, his mother resting from the birth, and Joseph wondered at his worth. He held him in his roughened hands, he thought about the world's demands that brought them all to Bethlehem. What prejudice would wait…
One thought fills immensity: peace on earth
One thought fills immensity: peace on earth
by David Perry
One thought fills immensity: peace on earth Reflection accompanying image “peace on earth” William Blake's sublime line 'One thought fills immensity' hangs metal-sculpted in the air and heralds a new awareness as we ponder what that thought might be. Part of Jaume Plensa's wor…
peace on earth
peace on earth
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection “one thought fills immensity: peace on earth” TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) Insert as Picture in…
Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people
Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Year C) Reflection accompanying images: “An angel of the Lord stood before them” “I am bringing you good news ” and “To you is born this day ” 'The Angel Raphael…
An angel of the Lord stood before them
An angel of the Lord stood before them
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Year C) Also available with out text - Click Here Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- …
What better way to spend the night
What better way to spend the night
by Andrew Pratt
What better way to spend the night than walking down a city street? Near shuttered shop fronts bodies sleep. Is Christ among the ones we greet? The stars are bright, the frost is sharp, and home will draw us from the cold. Outside the door, beyond the warmth, young people die bef…
In the stable, shepherds, standing
In the stable, shepherds, standing
by Andrew Pratt
In the stable, shepherds, standing, wonder what has brought them there, after birth of living glory speaks of hope, of loving care. Here no glow surrounds the manger, no angelic choir is heard, simply, God is born among us, God incarnate, love absurd. Verse 3 follow © Andrew Prat…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service Christmas Day Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn Reading for two - Christmas Day Candle lighting Prayer Candle lighting Hymn Reading - Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn Reading - Luke 2:1-14, 15-20 Sermon Idea Hymn Intercessions - Christmas is a family time Lord's Prayer Offeri…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Eve Communion
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Eve Communion
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Christmas Eve Communion – Proper 1 Service Contents: Hymn: Long ago, prophets knew or Where is Jesus, where is Mary, Prayer: God, we meet in anticipation The Lord’s Prayer Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn: Come, Thou long-expected Jesus or O what did it mean to the ones who first heard…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Eve – Proper 1 - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Eve – Proper 1 - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Christmas Eve – Proper 1 - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Born in the night, Mary’s child or Within an earthly, earthbound scene Prayer: Here, on this night Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn: The race that long in darkness pined or A cloak of darkness, like a shroud Reading: Luke 2:1-14…
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