Begin Your Day with the Daily Office Morning Prayers

Epiphany
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3

Confession of Sin

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we 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
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 Psalm 95:1 to 7
Come, let us sing to the Lord;
   let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving
   and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God,
   and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth,
   and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
   and his hands have molded the dry land.

Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee,
   and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
    Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

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 25

⁽¹⁾ To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.⁽²⁾ O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me.⁽³⁾ Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.⁽⁴⁾ Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

⁽⁵⁾ Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.⁽⁶⁾ Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, For they are from of old.⁽⁷⁾ Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness' sake, O LORD.⁽⁸⁾ Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

⁽⁹⁾ The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.⁽¹⁰⁾ All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.⁽¹¹⁾ For Your name's sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.⁽¹²⁾ Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.

⁽¹³⁾ He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth.⁽¹⁴⁾ The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.⁽¹⁵⁾ My eyes are ever toward the LORD, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.⁽¹⁶⁾ Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.

⁽¹⁷⁾ The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses!⁽¹⁸⁾ Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins.⁽¹⁹⁾ Consider my enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.⁽²⁰⁾ Keep my soul, and deliver me; Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.

⁽²¹⁾ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You.⁽²²⁾ Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all their troubles!

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 8

⁽⁶⁾ So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.⁽⁷⁾ Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.⁽⁸⁾ He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.⁽⁹⁾ But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.

⁽¹⁰⁾ And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.⁽¹¹⁾ Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.⁽¹²⁾ So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.⁽¹³⁾ And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.

⁽¹⁴⁾ And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.⁽¹⁵⁾ Then God spoke to Noah, saying,⁽¹⁶⁾ Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.⁽¹⁷⁾ Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.'

⁽¹⁸⁾ So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.⁽¹⁹⁾ Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.⁽²⁰⁾ Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.⁽²¹⁾ And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, 'I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

⁽²²⁾ While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hebrews Chapter 4

⁽¹⁴⁾ Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.⁽¹⁵⁾ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.⁽¹⁶⁾ Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.⁽¹⁾ For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.⁽²⁾ He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.⁽³⁾ Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.⁽⁴⁾ And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

⁽⁵⁾ So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.'⁽⁶⁾ As He also says in another place: 'You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek';

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 2

⁽²³⁾ Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.⁽²⁴⁾ But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men,⁽²⁵⁾ and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.⁽¹⁾ There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.⁽²⁾ This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.'⁽³⁾ Jesus answered and said to him, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'⁽⁴⁾ Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?'

⁽⁵⁾ Jesus answered, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.⁽⁶⁾ That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.⁽⁷⁾ Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'⁽⁸⁾ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.'

⁽⁹⁾ Nicodemus answered and said to Him, 'How can these things be?'⁽¹⁰⁾ Jesus answered and said to him, 'Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?⁽¹¹⁾ Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.⁽¹²⁾ If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

⁽¹³⁾ No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.⁽¹⁴⁾ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,⁽¹⁵⁾ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

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 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

Officiant : The Lord be with you.
People : And with your Spirit.
Officiant : Let us pray.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.

Suffrages

ⓘa short intercessory prayer

Show us your mercy, O Lord;
And grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon earth;
Your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us by your Holy Spirit.

Seasonal Collect: Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Amen.

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.

Closing Prayers

The General 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.

Today's Readings

The Lessons

The Lessons

Psalm 25

Genesis Chapter 8

Hebrews Chapter 4

John Chapter 2

The Canticles

The Canticles

The Prayers

The Prayers

Personal Prayers and Reflection

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