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December 22

And his father Zacharias was filled
with the Holy Ghost,
and prophesied, saying,

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited
and redeemed his people,

And hath raised up
an horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David;

As he spake
by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began:

That we should be saved
from our enemies,
and from the hand of all that hate us;

To perform the mercy
promised to our fathers,
and to remember his holy covenant;

The oath which he sware
to our father Abraham,

That he would grant unto us,
that we being delivered
out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear,

In holiness and righteousness
before him,
all the days of our life.

And thou, child, shalt be called
the prophet of the Highest:
for thou shalt go before
the face of the Lord
to prepare his ways;

To give knowledge of salvation
unto his people by
the remission of their sins,

Through the tender mercy of our God;
whereby the dayspring
from on high hath visited us,

To give light to them
that sit in darkness and
in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet
into the way of peace.

Luke 1:67-79