Fourth Week of Advent
Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Sunday: Ps. 24, 29 • 8, 84 | Gen. 3:18-15 | Rev. 12:1-10 | John 3:16-21
Monday: Ps. 61, 62 • 112, 115 | Zeph. 3:14-20 | Titus 1:1-16 | Luke 1:1-25
Tuesday: Ps. 66, 67 • 116, 117 | 1 Samuel 2:1b-10 | Titus 2:1-10 | Luke 1:26-38
Wednesday: Ps. 72 • 111, 113 | 2 Samuel 7:1-17 | Titus 2:11-3:8a | Luke 1:39-48a(48b-56)
Christmas Eve: Ps. 45, 46 • 89:1-29 | Isa. 35:1-10 | Rev. 22:12-17, 21 | Luke 1:67-80
Christmas Day: Ps. 2, 85 • 110:1-5(6-7), 132 | Zech. 2:10-13 | 1 John 4:7-16 | John 3:31-36
Saturday: Ps. 28, 30 • 118 | 2 Chron 24:17-22; Acts 6:1-7 | Wisdom 4:7-15 | Acts 7:59-8:8
Sunday:Ps. 93, 96 • 34 | Isa. 62:6-7, 10-12 | Heb 2: 10-18 | Matt. 1:18-25
The Daily Office Readings come from the Book of Common Prayer, 1979 edition. Anglican tradition affirms that the apocryphal texts are useful for encouragement and devotion but not the setting of doctrine.