The WORD+ Incarnate.... the 6th Day of Christmastide

GOD shall wipe away

all tears from their eyes... 

No more death,

no sorrow, no crying, no pain... 

O Come, Let us Adore HIM+ !

Proper Preface

(adapted version)

Because THOU didst give JESUS CHRIST, Thine only-Begotten SON+

begotten of His+ FATHER

before all worlds;

Who+ was

conceived by the HOLY SPIRIT,

born of the Hebrew virgin, Mariam,

and was 

GOD of GOD, 

LIGHT of LIGHT,

Very GOD of Very GOD,

begotten, not made,

being of ONE SUBSTANCE

with The FATHER,

by Whom+ all things were made.

But, when the fullness of the time was come, GOD sent forth His SON+ , made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 

And because ye are sons, GOD hath sent forth the SPIRIT of His SON+ into your hearts, crying, ABBA , FATHER ! 

Wherefore, thou art no more a servant but a son; and if a son, then an heir of GOD through CHRIST.

Galatians 4: 4-7    

Meditation

Our FATHER, Which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.

I thank THEE for the promise of Eternal Life through Thy Precious Gift+ to mankind ...  for every person who will receive that Gift+ of Thy Holy SON+ JESUS.

I sing Thy Praise ! May I never take my eyes from His+ Face !

In the Name of the Precious CHRIST-CHILD, JESUS our LORD, I pray.

  

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The OGS Ante-Nicene CREED.... a statement of the basic beliefs of the Early Christians, compiled from the earliest Christian Creeds

The Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+

An Ante-Nicene Creed

It was the custom of the Early Christians to rehearse a short, concise statement of the basic tenets of the Christian faith during worship services and especially, during a baptism. This was to teach the untaught and to re-affirm to the consecrated follower of The LORD JESUS CHRIST the basics of Christianity. There are several very early ones, as each church district compiled their own. They were mildly diverse, yet each agreed with and complemented the others, before the Nicene Council, around 325 A.D. After the Council of Nicea, splits and divisions and issues of control entered into the once-unified Christian church. Our Order compiled this Creed from Christian Creeds written before the first Council of Nicea, 325 A.D. Much of it will sound familiar to you. We include this Creed in our Evening Prayer.

I believe in

One GOD The FATHER ALMIGHTY,

Maker of the Heavens and the earth and of all things

visible and invisible;

And in one LORD JESUS CHRIST,

the Only-begotten SON of GOD,

begotten of His+ FATHER before all worlds.

GOD of GOD, LIGHT of LIGHT, Very GOD of Very GOD,

begotten, not made,

being of One Substance with The FATHER,

by WHOM+ all things were made.

WHO+, for us men and for our salvation,

came down from Heaven

through the Spirit and Power of GOD The FATHER,

descended into the Hebrew virgin, Mariam,

and was made man

and dwelt among us, full of Grace and Truth.

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.

HE+ suffered and was buried

and descended into the heart of the earth;

And the third day HE+ rose again, according to Scriptures,

and ascended into Heaven

and sitteth at the Right Hand of GOD The FATHER ALMIGHTY.

And HE+ shall come again, with glory,

to judge both the living and the dead;

Whose Kingdom shall have no end.

And, I believe in

the HOLY SPIRIT, The Paraclete, The Sanctifier,

sent by CHRIST from The FATHER,

WHO, with The FATHER and The SON together is worshipped and glorified;

WHO spake through the prophets.

And, I believe in

One Holy and Apostolic Church,

out of every kindred, tongue, people, and nation.

I acknowledge One baptism for the forgiveness of sins;

And, I look for

the resurrection of the dead,

and the Life of the world to come

through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD.

Amen.