Prayers for Year’s Close and Year’s Beginning
Te Deum
traditionally said to close the year in thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for the good gifts that we have received from and by His hand throughout the year.
We praise thee, O God:
we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship
Thee the Father everlasting.
Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1672
Translation of the Gospel According to Luke
At that time Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him, And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His Mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and […]
