Click for larger viewThe collect for today, the Sunday After Christmas-Day, from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer:

Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who llveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end.  Amen.

The Epistle: Galatians 4:1-7
The Gospel: St Matthew 1:18-25 

Artwork: Rembrandt, The Dream of St Joseph, 1650-55, Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.