Monday after the Third Sunday after Epiphany - Conversion of St Paul
Opening Sentence
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
+ Isaiah 60:3
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Conversion de saint Paul sur le chemin de Damas(Cathédrale St-Paul, Liège)By Bertholet Flémal (1614-1675)[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
Read | Monday | 25 January 2016 |
Ps. 19; Isaiah 45:18–25; Philippians 3:4b–11; Ps. 119:89–112; Acts 9:1–22
Reflection |
Psalm 19 - Literary type | Hymn | click here.
The glory of God's Creation; Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Isaiah 45 - 8 For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it a chaos,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19 I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek me in chaos.’
I the Lord speak the truth,
I declare what is right.
Idols will not save Babylon; only the Lord is righteous
Philippians 3 - I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
Acts 9 - Then Saul persecutes the Church and is on the road to do the same when he encounters Jesus and is struck down blind; taken to think about it; greatest story of a volunteer and his conversation with Jesus; Ananias by God's power heals now Paul and tells him of his coming ministry.
Today: Where would the Christian Church be today if St. Paul did not answer the call to be a disciple? One person's faith can change the world!
Sources | Morning Office in Audio | Click here
Biblegateway.com | Click here
New Oxford Annotated Bible | Click here
Background |
Paul | Introducing the New Testament | Click here
Paul | Introducing the New Testament | Click here
Next | Tuesday | 26 January 2016 |
Ps. 45; Ps. 47 48; Gen. 15:1–11 17–21; Heb. 9:1–14; John 5:1–18
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Collect -
Collect of the Day: The Conversion of St. Paul
O God, who by the preaching of your apostle Paul have caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we pray, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show ourselves thankful to you by following his holy teaching; 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.
Source | Book of Common Prayer | Mission St Clare | Click here
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