Readings

The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ

    The Collect of the Day

    The Holy Name

    January 1

    Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

    Eternal Father, who gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

    Psalms

    103

    Benedic, anima meaBCP p. 733

    1Bless the Lord, O my soul, *and all that is within me, bless his holy Name.

    2Bless the Lord, O my soul, *and forget not all his benefits.

    3He forgives all your sins *and heals all your infirmities;

    4He redeems your life from the grave *and crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness;

    5He satisfies you with good things, *and your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.

    6The Lord executes righteousness *and judgment for all who are oppressed.

    7He made his ways known to Moses *and his works to the children of Israel.

    8The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, *slow to anger and of great kindness.

    9He will not always accuse us, *nor will he keep his anger for ever.

    10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, *nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.

    11For as the heavens are high above the earth, *so is his mercy great upon those who fear him.

    12As far as the east is from the west, *so far has he removed our sins from us.

    13As a father cares for his children, *so does the Lord care for those who fear him.

    14For he himself knows whereof we are made; *he remembers that we are but dust.

    15Our days are like the grass; *we flourish like a flower of the field;

    16When the wind goes over it, it is gone, *and its place shall know it no more.

    17But the merciful goodness of the Lord endures for ever on those who fear him, *and his righteousness on children’s children;

    18On those who keep his covenant *and remember his commandments and do them.

    19The Lord has set his throne in heaven, *and his kingship has dominion over all.

    20Bless the Lord, you angels of his, you mighty ones who do his bidding, *and hearken to the voice of his word.

    21Bless the Lord, all you his hosts, *you ministers of his who do his will.

    22Bless the Lord, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion; *bless the Lord, O my soul.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Col. 2:6-12

    6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; 12 when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

    John 16:23b-30

    23 On that day you will ask nothing of me. Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. 25 “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly of the Father. 26 On that day you will ask in my name. I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.” 29 His disciples said, “Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech! 30 Now we know that you know all things, and do not need to have anyone question you; by this we believe that you came from God.”

    Gen. 17:1-12a,15-16

    1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual holding; and I will be their God.” 9 God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 Throughout your generations every male among you shall be circumcised when he is eight days old, including the slave born in your house and the one bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring. 15 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”