VI Day within the Octave of the Epiphany
Archelaus was born in a palace, Christ at an inn.
Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. R. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe. 5th on Twelfth-Day. The same God Who in the Old Testament had commanded the first-fruits to be offered to Himself, being born as a man, Himself consecrated to His own worship the firstfruits of the nations.