Wednesday, 3 October.

Genesis 1:1-4:16 (creation & fall); 28:10-17 (Jacob's ladder)
Job 1:1-2:10, 38:1-7, 42:1-17.
Isaiah 7:10-14 (Emmanuel).
Luke 1:26-56 (Annunciation), 2:1-20 (Nativity)
Matthew 1:18-2:12 (Nativity)

The Living God, chapters 1-3.

Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, prologue, introduction & chapter 1. Questions for reflection can be found here.

Ware, The Orthodox Way, chapter 3 (recommended, not required)