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Collect for Christmas - Illustration on incarnation | IllustrateTheWord

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Collect for Christmas

By Church of EnglandSource: Church of England - Book of Common Prayer, Christmas (Public Domain)Short55 words

Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ.

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