Did you know? (Sunday, November 28, 2021)

It is the beginning of the Church year! Happy New Year to all! Today’s collect is to be found on page 156 of our BCP. This collect was composed for the first Anglican Prayer Book (1549). The collect is based on Romans 13:12. It is carefully crafted to include three pairs of antithetical expressions: cast away darkness, put on light; mortal life, life immortal, great humility, glorious majesty. The collect calls us to do the right thing “now,” even as we recall the first advent and look forward to the second.