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