The Sixth Day of Christmas
Season
Christmastide
Observation – Anglican Communion, Lutheran, Methodist, Roman Catholic
Daily Readings
Revised Common Lectionary – Psalm 20; Isaiah 26:1-9; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Roman Catholic Lectionary – 1 John 2:12-1; Palm 96:7-10; Luke 2:36-40
Daily Office Readings from the Liturgy of the Hours – Song of Songs 1:12-2:7; “On the Refutation of All Heresies” by Hippolytus of Rome
Blessed Among Us – Jim Elliot
His journal entry for the day before he was killed, expressed his belief that work dedicated to Jesus was more important than his life He wrote, “he is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” He followed the journal entry with a citation from Luke 16:9, “that when it shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations”.
Art – The Painter’s Honeymoon by Frederic Leighton, 19c.
