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Book of Common Prayer | Daily Office Reading

First Sunday after Epiphany

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18

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Readings

Today | Thursday  | 4 January 2017 |

Ps. 46, 47; Ephesians 3:1-14; John 1:29-34

Psalm 46

I will sing praises to God forever,

God keeps and protects all that need the Lord.

Ephesians 3 | Background

Paul writes in the late 50s a.d./c.e. -

We are blessed and are chosen; we are God’s children;

We are redeemed; We know God’s will;

Our inheritance is in Christ.

John 1 | Background

John the Baptist sees Jesus and declares him to be the Lamb of God;

Who takes away the sin of the world;

This is the Son of God.

S: HS+; Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; The Episcopal Church in Garrett County, Maryland, USA;

biblegateway.com; dailyoffice.org; pandora.com; New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised, 4th edition copyright © 1989, 1995, the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; Enriching Our Worship.

Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer
Epiphany 1 - Year B (Mark)

Collect for the Day:

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

O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore:

Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you,

all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere

love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your Name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those

who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial,

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours,

now and forever. Amen.

Thanksgiving for the Mission of the Church
Almighty God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ to reconcile the world to yourself:
We praise and bless you for those whom you have sent in the power of the Spirit
to preach the Gospel to all nations. We thank you that in all parts of the earth a
community of love has been gathered together by their prayers and labors and
that in every place your servants call upon your Name;
for the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours forever. Amen.