Almighty God, give us
grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in
the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in
great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious
majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life
immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer