Psalm 15Lord, who shall be admitted to your tentand dwell on your holy mountain?Those who walk without fault;those who act with justice and speak the truth from their hearts;those who do not slander with their tongue; those who do no wrong to their kindred,who cast no slur on their neighbours,who hold the godless in disdain,but …

Philippians 2: 4 – 11Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.  Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God,    did not regard equality with God    as something to be exploited,but emptied …

St Matthew 2: 19 – 23When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said,  ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.’  Then Joseph got up, took the …

inspiration in your inbox Thursday 28 December 2023 St Matthew 2: 13 – 18Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search …

St Matthew 2: 1 – 12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,  asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising,  and have come to pay him …

John 1: 1 – 18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being  in him was life,  and …

St Luke 2:  1 – 20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered.  Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in …

St Luke 1: 39 – 56 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.  When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit  and exclaimed …

Saturday, 23 December 2023O Emmanuel (O God With Us) O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver,the hope of the nations and their Saviour:Come and save us, O Lord our God. Isaiah 7: 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall …

Friday, 22 December 2023O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations) O King of the nations, and their desire,the cornerstone making both one:Come and save the human race,which you fashioned from clay. Jeremiah 10: 6 – 10 There is none like you, O Lord;    you are great, and your name is great in might.Who would not …