The First Sunday of Christmas 2018 — Year C

Observance

A.D. 2018 December 30 — The First Sunday of Christmas

Acclamations

For unto us a child is born,
Unto us a son is given.

Collects

Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, kindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

Lessons

Isaiah 61:10–62:5
Psalm 147:12–20
Galatians 3:23–4:7
John 1:1–18

Prefaces

Because you gave Jesus Christ, your only Son, to be born for us; who, by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary his mother, was made truly man, yet without the stain of sin, that we might be cleansed from sin and given the right to become your children.