Please join us on Sunday as we continue the 12 days of the Christmas Season and our celebration of coming of the Lord Jesus! All our welcome as we hear more of the Christmas story on the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus as we gather in person at St. Paul’s Church in Baden for our 10am Communion Service. Masks are now optional and are always welcome. In this season we hear the Christmas Story of the Gospel of Luke before we return to our journey through the Gospel of Matthew that we will continue through next fall. Matthew’s Gospel is noteworthy, as it was the first Gospel to be widely read in the early Christian Church and became the most popular of the four Gospels. We will also offer 7pm Evening Prayer Service online via Zoom. The Zoom invite is the same as our weekday Compline service. When you join the ZOOM meeting you will enter the virtual waiting room before you are admitted to the service. Please identify yourself with first and last name on ZOOM as you join so we can greet you. Come and See!If you do not have a copy of the Book of Common Prayer, a link to the online version is below. It can be viewed online or downloaded for free.https://www.bcponline.org/
The Collect
Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
The Psalm appointed
Psalm 8
Domine, Dominus noster
1 O Lord our Governor, *
how exalted is your Name in all the world!
2 Out of the mouths of infants and children *
your majesty is praised above the heavens.
3 You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *
to quell the enemy and the avenger.
4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *
the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
5 What is man that you should be mindful of him? *
the son of man that you should seek him out?
6 You have made him but little lower than the angels; *
you adorn him with glory and honor;
7 You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *
you put all things under his feet:
8 All sheep and oxen, *
even the wild beasts of the field,
9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *
and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
10 O Lord our Governor, *
how exalted is your Name in all the world!
The First Lesson
Numbers 6:22-27
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them,
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.
The Second Lesson
Luke 2:15-21
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
The Lesson for Evening Prayer
Galatians 4:4-7
When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
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The painting above The Holy Family with Infant St. John the Baptist is by Simon Vouet 1626 and is displayed at the The Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California. Our office hymn is below. Please stop by and share our celebration of the 12 days of Christmas!
