~ EVENSONG The Second Sunday After Christmas Day • Opening Sentence Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8 • Collect of the Day ~ The Second Sunday after Christmas Day O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. • Collect for Sundays Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ triumphed over the powers of death and prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that we, who have this day given thanks for his resurrection, may praise you in that City of which he is the light, and where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. • A Collect for Mission O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. • St. Crysostom Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfil now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. • Instrumental Respighi - “The Flight into Egypt” - Church Windows (1/4) Four Symphonic Impressions Presented here is the first movement from the Four Symphonic Impressions, La fuga in egitto (The Flight into Egypt), portraying the escape of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus from King Herod; the little caravan proceeded through the desert, in the starry night, bearing the Treasure of the World, wrote Claudio Guastalla. The piece is performed here by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. https://youtube/watch?v=IbTxbsiTb4Y
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