Sunday 4 January 2026
- General:
- Lectionary
2nd Sunday after Christmas Day
Also see:
- Suggestions for The Epiphany, 6th January
- A list of hymns for Christmas in the hymns section of the Resource Hub
Angels, from the realms of glory (StF 190)
Love came down at Christmas (StF 210)
Joy to the world! the Lord is come (StF 330)
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Dancing Magnificat (New hymn, StF+)
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (StF 228)
Hills of the north, rejoice (StF 172)
Let earth and heaven combine (StF 208)
It came upon the midnight clear (StF 205)
Psalm 147:12-20
Praise the Lord who reigns above (StF 85)
All creatures of our God and King (StF 99)
O come, all ye faithful (StF 212)
Of the Father’s love begotten (StF 181)
See how great a flame aspires (StF 412)
Ephesians 1:3-14
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (StF 134)
Come, thou fount of every blessing (StF 494)
Glory be to God on high (StF 199)
Immortal, invisible, God only wise (StF 55)
Tell out, my soul (StF 186)
John 1:(1-9),10-18
At the name of Jesus (StF317)
Before the world began (StF 101)
God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157)
Hark! the herald-angels sing (StF 202)
Let all mortal flesh keep silence (StF 591)
O come, all ye faithful (StF 212)
See him lying on a bed of straw (StF 216)
Silent night, holy night (StF 217)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (StF 221)
A prayer for our obedience to God's will
Holy and unfathomable God, Blessed Trinity, by your grace you have called your people to be a holy nation, a royal priesthood. Draw us more deeply into the Paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, our Great High Priest, that our intercessory prayers for the world and all its people may be obedient to your divine will.
May the worship, fellowship and service of the Church faithfully proclaim the story of your redemptive purposes from the beginning of creation. Through our lives and by our prayers may your kingdom come, and all things be gathered into Christ. Amen.
David Chapman, Chair, Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire District
A prayer for our evangelism - Alternative Prayer
Grant us grace, O God, to be interpreters of your beauty, narrators of your glory, confessors of your purpose, preachers of your mind and teachers of your works; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Odes of Solomon (late 1st Century CE)