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Saturday after the First Sunday after the Epiphany

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    The Collect of the Day

    First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of our Lord

    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.

    Psalms

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    Exaudiat te DominusBCP p. 608

    1May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble, *the Name of the God of Jacob defend you;

    2Send you help from his holy place *and strengthen you out of Zion;

    3Remember all your offerings *and accept your burnt sacrifice;

    4Grant you your heart’s desire *and prosper all your plans.

    5We will shout for joy at your victory and triumph in the Name of our God; *may the Lord grant all your requests.

    6Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed; *he will answer him out of his holy heaven, with the victorious strength of his right hand.

    7Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, *but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.

    8They collapse and fall down, *but we will arise and stand upright.

    9O Lord, give victory to the king *and answer us when we call.

    21

    Domine, in virtute tuaBCP p. 608

    1The king rejoices in your strength, O Lord; *how greatly he exults in your victory!

    2You have given him his heart’s desire; *you have not denied him the request of his lips.

    3For you meet him with blessings of prosperity, *and set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

    4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him: *length of days, for ever and ever.

    5His honor is great, because of your victory; *splendor and majesty have you bestowed upon him.

    6For you will give him everlasting felicity *and will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

    7For the king puts his trust in the Lord; *because of the loving-kindness of the Most High, he will not fall.

    8Your hand will lay hold upon all your enemies; *your right hand will seize all those who hate you.

    9You will make them like a fiery furnace *at the time of your appearing, O Lord;

    10You will swallow them up in your wrath, *and fire shall consume them.

    11You will destroy their offspring from the land *and their descendants from among the peoples of the earth.

    12Though they intend evil against you and devise wicked schemes, *yet they shall not prevail.

    13For you will put them to flight *and aim your arrows at them.

    14Be exalted, O Lord, in your might; *we will sing and praise your power.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Mark 2:23-3:6

    23 One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” 25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? 26 He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.” 27 Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; 28 so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.” 1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” 4 Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

    Isa. 43:1-13

    1 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Because you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. 5 Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; 6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth— 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” 8 Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears! 9 Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them declared this, and foretold to us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, “It is true.” 10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. 11 I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. 12 I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses, says the Lord. 13 I am God, and also henceforth I am He; there is no one who can deliver from my hand; I work and who can hinder it?

    Eph. 3:14-21

    14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. 18 I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.