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

Confession of Sin

Most merciful God,
I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what I have done, and by what I have left undone. I have not loved you with my whole heart; I have not loved my neighbors as myself. I am truly sorry and I humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on me and forgive me; that I may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen

The Invitatory and Psalter

Lord, open our lips. And our mouth shall proclaim your praise
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen   Alleluia

Venite
The Antiphon:

?  a short sentence recited before or after a psalm to help us understand the readings

The Lord has shown forth his glory: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 41

⁽¹⁾ Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. ⁽²⁾ The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. ⁽³⁾ The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. ⁽⁴⁾ I said, 'LORD, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.'

⁽⁵⁾ My enemies speak evil of me: 'When will he die, and his name perish?' ⁽⁶⁾ And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it. ⁽⁷⁾ All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt. ⁽⁸⁾ An evil disease,' they say, 'clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.'

⁽⁹⁾ Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. ⁽¹⁰⁾ But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them. ⁽¹¹⁾ By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me. ⁽¹²⁾ As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.

⁽¹³⁾ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Psalm 52

⁽¹⁾ Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually. ⁽²⁾ Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ⁽³⁾ You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah ⁽⁴⁾ You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.

⁽⁵⁾ God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah ⁽⁶⁾ The righteous also shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying, ⁽⁷⁾ Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.' ⁽⁸⁾ But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

⁽⁹⁾ I will praise You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Isaiah Chapter 48

⁽¹⁾ Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in truth or in righteousness; ⁽²⁾ For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name: ⁽³⁾ I have declared the former things from the beginning; They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. ⁽⁴⁾ Because I knew that you were obstinate, And your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,

⁽⁵⁾ Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.' ⁽⁶⁾ You have heard; See all this. And will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from this time, Even hidden things, and you did not know them. ⁽⁷⁾ They are created now and not from the beginning; And before this day you have not heard them, Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew them.' ⁽⁸⁾ Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, And were called a transgressor from the womb.

⁽⁹⁾ For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. ⁽¹¹⁾ For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Galatians Chapter 1

⁽¹⁾ Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), ⁽²⁾ and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: ⁽³⁾ Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁽⁴⁾ who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

⁽⁵⁾ to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. ⁽⁶⁾ I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, ⁽⁷⁾ which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. ⁽⁸⁾ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

⁽⁹⁾ As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. ⁽¹¹⁾ But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ⁽¹²⁾ For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

⁽¹³⁾ For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. ⁽¹⁴⁾ And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. ⁽¹⁵⁾ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, ⁽¹⁶⁾ to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

⁽¹⁷⁾ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Mark Chapter 5

⁽²¹⁾ Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. ⁽²²⁾ And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet ⁽²³⁾ and begged Him earnestly, saying, 'My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.' ⁽²⁴⁾ So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him.

⁽²⁵⁾ Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, ⁽²⁶⁾ and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. ⁽²⁷⁾ When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. ⁽²⁸⁾ For she said, 'If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.'

⁽²⁹⁾ Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. ⁽³⁰⁾ And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, 'Who touched My clothes?' ⁽³¹⁾ But His disciples said to Him, 'You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?' ' ⁽³²⁾ And He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

⁽³³⁾ But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. ⁽³⁴⁾ And He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.' ⁽³⁵⁾ While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said, 'Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?' ⁽³⁶⁾ As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, 'Do not be afraid; only believe.'

⁽³⁷⁾ And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. ⁽³⁸⁾ Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly. ⁽³⁹⁾ When He came in, He said to them, 'Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.' ⁽⁴⁰⁾ And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying.

⁽⁴¹⁾ Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, 'Talitha, cumi,' which is translated, 'Little girl, I say to you, arise.' ⁽⁴²⁾ Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement. ⁽⁴³⁾ But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


The Song of the Redeemed       Revelation 15:3 to 4  
O ruler of the universe, Lord God,
great deeds are they that you have done,
  surpassing human understanding.
Your ways are ways of righteousness and truth,
 O King of all the ages.

Who can fail to do you homage, Lord,
and sing the praises of your Name?
  for you only are the Holy One.
All nations will draw near
and fall down before you,
  because your just and holy works have been revealed.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
  as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.


The First Song of Isaiah       Isaiah 12:2 to 6
 
Surely, it is God who saves me;
  I will trust in him and not be afraid.
For the Lord is my stronghold
and my sure defense,
  and he will be my Savior.
Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing
  from the springs of salvation.
And on that day you shall say,
  Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;
Make his deeds known among the peoples;
  see that they remember that his Name is exalted.
Sing the praises of the Lord,
for he has done great things,
  and this is known in all the world.
Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy,
  for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.
  He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
  He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
  He descended to the dead.
  On the third day he rose again.
  He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
  He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
  the holy catholic Church,
  the communion of saints,
  the forgiveness of sins,
  the resurrection of the body,
  and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Prayers

The Lord's Prayer   Traditional
Suffrages     A

Seasonal Collect:  Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

The Collect of the Day: O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness while it was day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer 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.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others. When you lack the words


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.

Conclude with following
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14



This concludes the Daily Morning Prayer
Go in Peace to Love and Serve the Lord