wish to proclaim about the coming of the Lord Jesus. In Luke, a Collect might do better to mention some of the astonishing claims Gabriel makes about Jesus to Mary in 1:30–33 or to note, as Mary herself does in the Magnificat, that in sending Jesus Christ, God is acting in his sovereignty to fulfil the promises he made to Abraham and his descendents for ever.26 Likewise, a Collect for this Sunday might do better if it incorporated some of Matthew’s emphases, such as the meaning of the name ‘Jesus’