The Third Day of Christmas: St. John
St. John the Evangelist. Giotto Readings for the Day The Feast of St. John Exodus 33:18-23 Psalm 92 1 John 1:1-9 John 21:19b-24 ❄︎ Collect for the Day S hed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light, that we, being illumined by the teaching of your apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of your truth, that at length we may attain to the fullness of eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ❄︎ Sonnet for the Feast of St. John you thundered white and black and dark and light, and yet they knew you for your fervent love. a simple man yet strangely erudite with eyes that saw dark visions from above, you wrote in words that children understand, yet masters cannot plumb the depths therein. apocalyptic dreams and visions grand somehow conjoined a tender soul within. apostle of such contrasts, i can see how shaken was your he