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

Confession of Sin   Introduction 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

Officiant:   Lord, open our lips. People:     And our mouth shall proclaim your praise

Officiant and People: 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

The Invitatory Psalms   Venite

The following Antiphon may be sung or said
The Lord has shown forth his glory: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 18

⁽¹⁾ I will love You, O LORD, my strength. ⁽²⁾ The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ⁽³⁾ I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. ⁽⁴⁾ The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁽⁵⁾ The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. ⁽⁶⁾ In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears. ⁽⁷⁾ Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. ⁽⁸⁾ Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

⁽⁹⁾ He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. ⁽¹⁰⁾ And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind. ⁽¹¹⁾ He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies. ⁽¹²⁾ From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

⁽¹³⁾ The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. ⁽¹⁴⁾ He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. ⁽¹⁶⁾ He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

⁽¹⁷⁾ He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me. ⁽¹⁸⁾ They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support. ⁽¹⁹⁾ He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. ⁽²⁰⁾ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

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 41

⁽¹⁷⁾ The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. ⁽¹⁸⁾ I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water. ⁽¹⁹⁾ I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together, ⁽²⁰⁾ That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

⁽²¹⁾ Present your case,' says the LORD. 'Bring forth your strong reasons,' says the King of Jacob. ⁽²²⁾ Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let them show the former things, what they were, That we may consider them, And know the latter end of them; Or declare to us things to come. ⁽²³⁾ Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together. ⁽²⁴⁾ Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.

⁽²⁵⁾ I have raised up one from the north, And he shall come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name; And he shall come against princes as though mortar, As the potter treads clay. ⁽²⁶⁾ Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And former times, that we may say, 'He is righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who hears your words. ⁽²⁷⁾ The first time I said to Zion, 'Look, there they are!' And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings. ⁽²⁸⁾ For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

⁽²⁹⁾ Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.

  The Word of the Lord.
  Thanks be to God.

Ephesians 2

⁽¹¹⁾ Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh -- who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands -- ⁽¹²⁾ that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ⁽¹³⁾ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ⁽¹⁴⁾ For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

⁽¹⁵⁾ having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, ⁽¹⁶⁾ and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. ⁽¹⁷⁾ And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. ⁽¹⁸⁾ For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

⁽¹⁹⁾ Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, ⁽²⁰⁾ having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, ⁽²¹⁾ in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, ⁽²²⁾ in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

  The Word of the Lord.
  Thanks be to God.

Mark 2

⁽¹⁾ And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. ⁽²⁾ Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. ⁽³⁾ Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. ⁽⁴⁾ And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

⁽⁵⁾ When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven you.' ⁽⁶⁾ And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁽⁷⁾ Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?' ⁽⁸⁾ But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, 'Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

⁽⁹⁾ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'? ⁽¹⁰⁾ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins' -- He said to the paralytic, ⁽¹¹⁾ I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.' ⁽¹²⁾ Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, 'We never saw anything like this!'

  The Gospel of the Lord.
  Thanks be to God.

The Canticles

8 The Song of Moses     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 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   Traditional
Suffrages   A

The Collect of the Week:  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.

The Collect of the Day:  A Collect for Guidance(Thurs)
Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; 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.


A Time for Personal Prayers
Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.
Consider praying for yourself, your family and friends, lay your burdens on Jesus Christ, intercede for those hurting, pray in tongues when you lack the words.

Before the close of the Office, one or both of the prayers below may be used

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.

A Prayer of St. 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.

Then may be said
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God

Conclude with one of the 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
---or---
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Romans 15:13
---or---
Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21


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