The Second Day of Christmas
Season
Christmastide
Observation – Anglican Communion, Lutheran, Methodist, Roman Catholic
Daily Readings
Revised Common Lectionary – Psalm 148; Wisdom 4:7-15; Acts 7:59-8:8
Roman Catholic Lectionary – Act 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Psalm 31; Matthew 10:17-2
Daily Office Readings from the Liturgy of the Hours – Acts 6:8-7:2a, 7:44-59; Writing of Fulgentius of Ruspe on St. Stephen
Christian Example – The first Christian Martyr, Saint Stephen
Recognition – Anglican Communion, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Roman Catholic
Art – The Martyrdom of St. Stephen, Peter Paul Rubens, 17c.
