Christmas 1 Readings (focus text in bold): Isaiah 62:1-5, 10-12 Psalm 45:1-7 Galatians 4:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Cover art: "Joseph's Dream" by Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1790, oil on canvas, private collection 
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The above sermon was originally preached by St. Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329 - 390), Archbishop of Constantinople, on Christmas Day, 380 in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Apostles in what is now Istanbul, Turkey. Among his audience that day was the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. The sermon was read publicly in Constantinople every Christmas for the next 1,000 years. It is the 38th of his collected Orations. Nativity of the Lord Readings (focus text in bold): Isaiah 52:7-12 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1:1-12 John 1:1-14 Cover art: icon of the Nativity of the Lord 
Eve of the Nativity readings (Christmas Day, first Communion; focus text in bold): Isaiah 9:1-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 Cover art: "Madonna and Child" by Parker Fitzgerald, Brittany Richardson, and Brian Gage, digital illustration 
Advent 4 Readings (Morning Prayer, focus text in bold): Psalm 145:10-21 Isaiah 40:1-11 (with Te Deum response) John 1:19-28 (with Benedictus response, Luke 1:68-79) Cover art: "Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness" by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1660-70, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 
Advent 3 Readings (focus text in bold): Isaiah 35 Psalm 80:1-7 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 11:2-10 Cover art: "John the Baptist in the Desert" by Titian, c. 1542, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy 
Advent 2 Readings (focus text in bold): 2 Kings 22:8, 10-13, 23:1-3 Psalm 50:1-6 Romans 14:4-13 Luke 21:25-33 Cover art: "The Scribe Shaphan Reading the Book of the Law to King Josiah" by Leonaert Bramer, 1622, oil on copper 
Advent 1 Readings (focus text in bold): Micah 4:1-7 Psalm 25:1-9 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 21:1-13 Cover art: Icon of Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem by Theophanes of Crete, c.16th century, Stavronikita Monastery, Athos, Greece  |
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