The Collect Call: For the First Sunday After Christmas

 

For the first Sunday of Christmas, Brendan and Holli contemplate images of light and darkness, and what The Walking Dead and Saturday Night Live have to say to the church.

The Collect Call unpacks and reflects upon the meaning of the collect of the week – that prayer at the start of the service that changes every week. Turns out there’s a lot in those little paragraphs! Hosts Brendan O’Sullivan-Hale and Holli Powell challenge themselves to learn about the history of the prayers, reflect on their spiritual meaning and application to daily life, and, inevitably, reduce them to tweets.

On Soundcloud:

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Link of the week:

St. Joseph's Christmas Mass Spectacular - SNL

Places to listen to us:

Places to talk to us:

Email (listen to the show for the address)

Places to commune with us pictorally:

Or leave us a comment here!

This Week’s Prayer

(page 213 of the, or ):

Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

About the hosts:

Brendan O’Sullivan-Hale is a member of the , Indianapolis, Indiana.

Holli Powell is a member of the , Georgetown, Kentucky.

Other Credits:

Theme Music: , performed by Aaron DeVries, distributed under a .

Image: , distributed under a .

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