Isaiah 9:2-7 

Psalm 96 

Titus 2:11-14 

Luke 2:1-14(15-20) 

O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 

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