The Collect for the Second Sunday after Epiphany (The Book of Common Prayer)
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
One of my favorite hymns of this season… Helping us prepare to not only relive the first coming of Jesus Christ, but live- in advance- his second coming. We do this weird kind of “remembering the future” thing in the Eucharistic Liturgy of the Church when we “remember” that “Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.” It’s a strange juxtaposition of our past, present, and future, but it’s all captured in this hymn.
-JB
The Christmas that Christianity offers is anything but cute, sentimental, or trite. The birth of Jesus Christ hails a new moment in the story God is writing in our world. This gives us comfort because, let’s be honest, we don’t need a “cute Christmas,” we need a Christmas that touches the darkest moments in our lives.
-JB
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Thanks for supporting my music, and this new project. (I'm already thinking about the next project). If you didn't listen to this music- I would still make music but- it would be no fun. So, your engagement, kind words, support, feedback, makes this part of my vocation so fulfilling. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
