Today Readings

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.

The Absolution
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

O God make speed to save us, O Lord make haste to help us

O Gracious Light,
pure brightness of everliving Father in heaven
O Jesus Christ holy and blessed!
Now as we come to the setting of the sun
and our eyes behold the vesper light
we sing your praises O God: Father Son and Holy Spirit.
You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices
O Son of God, O Giver of Life
and to be glorified through all worlds.
The Lord has shown forth his glory: Come let us adore him.

?The Psalms are unique for the evening, the other lessions can be read in total or those you have not included in Morning Prayer

The Lessons

Psalm Chapter 44

⁽¹⁾ We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: ⁽²⁾ You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. ⁽³⁾ For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. ⁽⁴⁾ You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

⁽⁵⁾ Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. ⁽⁶⁾ For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me. ⁽⁷⁾ But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us. ⁽⁸⁾ In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah

⁽⁹⁾ But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. ⁽¹⁰⁾ You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. ⁽¹¹⁾ You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations. ⁽¹²⁾ You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.

⁽¹³⁾ You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. ⁽¹⁴⁾ You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. ⁽¹⁵⁾ My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me, ⁽¹⁶⁾ Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

⁽¹⁷⁾ All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; ⁽¹⁹⁾ But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. ⁽²⁰⁾ If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

⁽²¹⁾ Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. ⁽²²⁾ Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ⁽²³⁾ Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. ⁽²⁴⁾ Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

⁽²⁵⁾ For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground. ⁽²⁶⁾ Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies' sake.

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.

Genesis Chapter 14

⁽¹⁾ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, ⁽²⁾ that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). ⁽³⁾ All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). ⁽⁴⁾ Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

⁽⁵⁾ In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, ⁽⁶⁾ and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness. ⁽⁷⁾ Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar. ⁽⁸⁾ And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim

⁽⁹⁾ against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar -- four kings against five. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains. ⁽¹¹⁾ Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. ⁽¹²⁾ They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

⁽¹³⁾ Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. ⁽¹⁵⁾ He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. ⁽¹⁶⁾ So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.

⁽¹⁷⁾ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. ⁽¹⁹⁾ And he blessed him and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; ⁽²⁰⁾ And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.' And he gave him a tithe of all.

⁽²¹⁾ Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, 'Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.' ⁽²²⁾ But Abram said to the king of Sodom, 'I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, ⁽²³⁾ that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich' -- ⁽²⁴⁾ except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hebrews Chapter 8

⁽¹⁾ Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ⁽²⁾ a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. ⁽³⁾ For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. ⁽⁴⁾ For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

⁽⁵⁾ who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, 'See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.' ⁽⁶⁾ But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. ⁽⁷⁾ For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. ⁽⁸⁾ Because finding fault with them, He says: 'Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah --

⁽⁹⁾ not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. ⁽¹¹⁾ None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. ⁽¹²⁾ For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.'

⁽¹³⁾ In that He says, 'A new covenant,' He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 4

⁽⁴³⁾ Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. ⁽⁴⁴⁾ For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. ⁽⁴⁵⁾ So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast. ⁽⁴⁶⁾ So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

⁽⁴⁷⁾ When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. ⁽⁴⁸⁾ Then Jesus said to him, 'Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.' ⁽⁴⁹⁾ The nobleman said to Him, 'Sir, come down before my child dies!' ⁽⁵⁰⁾ Jesus said to him, 'Go your way; your son lives.' So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

⁽⁵¹⁾ And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, 'Your son lives!' ⁽⁵²⁾ Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, 'Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.' ⁽⁵³⁾ So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, 'Your son lives.' And he himself believed, and his whole household. ⁽⁵⁴⁾ This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

?A canticle is a hymn, or other Christian song of praise with lyrics taken from biblical texts

The Canticles

The Song of Moses       Kyrie Pantokrator Exodus 15:1 to 6, 11 to 13, 17 to 18

I will sing to the Lord, for he is lofty and uplifted;
the horse and its rider has he hurled into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and my refuge;
the Lord has become my Savior.
This is my God and I will praise him,
the God of my people and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a mighty warrior;
Yahweh is his Name.
The chariots of Pharoah and his army has he hurled into the sea;
the finest of those who bear armor have been drowned in the Red Sea.
The fathomless deep has overwhelmed them;
they sank into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in might;
your right hand, O Lord, has overthrown the enemy.
Who can be compared with you, O Lord, among the gods?
who is like you, glorious in holiness,
awesome in renown, and worker of wonders?
You stretched forth your right hand;
the earth swallowed them up.
With your constant love you led the people you redeemed;
with your might you brought them in safety to
your holy dwelling.
You will bring them in and plant them
on the mount of your possession,
The resting-place you have made for yourself, O Lord,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hand has established.
The Lord shall reign
forever and forever.

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 Song of Simeon       Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29-32  
Lord, you now have set your servant free
to go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior,
whom you have prepared for all the world to see:
A Light to enlighten the nations,
and the glory of your people 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

The Collect of the Week:  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:  A Collect for Peace (Monday) Most holy God, the source of all good desires, all right judgements, and all just works: Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, so that our minds may be fixed on the doing of your will, and that we, being delivered from the fear of all enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through the mercies of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.

A Prayer 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.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others.


Closing Prayers   Chrysostom

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