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   Any of the following sets of readings may be used on Christmas Night and on Christmas Day. Set III should be used at some service during the celebration.
         
   
I 
II 
III
Principal
Service
Years
A,B,C		   Isaiah 9.2-7
Psalm 96
Titus 2.11-14
Luke 2.1-14[15-20]		 Isaiah 62.6-12
Psalm 97
Titus 3.4-7
Luke 2.[1-7]8-20		 Isaiah 52.7-10
Psalm 98
Hebrews 1.1-4[5-12]
John 1.1-14
         
Second
Service 
Years
A,B,C		   Isaiah 65.17-25
Philippians 2.5-11
or Luke 2.1-20
if it has not been used 
at the principal service
of the day
Evening Psalm
Psalm 8







         
Third
Service 
Years
A,B,C		   Isaiah 62.1-5
Matthew 1.18-25
Morning Psalms
Psalms 110, 117



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