Friday - Epiphany 1

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Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication

Thursday after the first Sunday after Epiphany

I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6b  BCP p. 76

Pray this way or this way or this way. Alternatives

Today | Friday | 13 January 2017 a.d./c.e.

Psalm 16

Protect me, O Lord;

I am happy to be with believers;

I thank God for God’s counsel;

You will not abandon me;

You will show me the path of life.

Ephesians 3 | Background

(Paul) The Gentiles are fellow heirs of the bounty of Christ;

Don’t lose heart over my sufferings.

Mark 2 | Background

The crowd followed Jesus beside the sea;

He call Levi - a tax collector - to be his disciple;

Jesus teaches he came for sinners; to heal; to be with his disciples and celebrate;

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.

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Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer.
Collect of the Day: The First Sunday after the Epiphany

Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

For Mission

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.