Daily Readings: January 21, 2023

Saturday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304

Morning	Evening
Psalm 30 Psalm 32	Psalm 42 Psalm 43
Isa. 46:1-13 Eph. 6:10-24 Mark 5:1-20

The Collect of the Day

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 for ever. Amen.

Agnes and Cecilia of Rome

Almighty and everlasting God, who chooses those whom the world deems powerless to put the powerful to shame: Grant us so to cherish the memory of your youthful martyrs Agnes and Cecilia, that we might share their pure and steadfast faith in you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

30

Exaltabo te, DomineBCP p. 621

¹I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up *and have not let my enemies triumph over me.

²O Lord my God, I cried out to you, *and you restored me to health.

³You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; *you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.

⁴Sing to the Lord, you servants of his; *give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.

⁵For his wrath endures but the twinkling of an eye, *his favor for a lifetime.

⁶Weeping may spend the night, *but joy comes in the morning.

⁷While I felt secure, I said, “I shall never be disturbed. *You, Lord, with your favor, made me as strong as the mountains.”

⁸Then you hid your face, *and I was filled with fear.

⁹I cried to you, O Lord; *I pleaded with the Lord, saying,

¹⁰“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the Pit? *will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?

¹¹Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; *O Lord, be my helper.”

¹²You have turned my wailing into dancing; *you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy.

¹³Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; *O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.

32

Beati quorumBCP p. 624

¹Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, *and whose sin is put away!

²Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, *and in whose spirit there is no guile!

³While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, *because of my groaning all day long.

⁴For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; *my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to you, *and did not conceal my guilt.

⁶I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” *Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.

⁷Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; *when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.

⁸You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble; *you surround me with shouts of deliverance.

⁹“I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; *I will guide you with my eye.

¹⁰Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding; *who must be fitted with bit and bridle, or else they will not stay near you.”

¹¹Great are the tribulations of the wicked; *but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.

¹²Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; *shout for joy, all who are true of heart.

Daily Office Readings

¹They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. ²And when he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs with an unclean spirit met him. ³He lived among the tombs; and no one could restrain him any more, even with a chain; ⁴for he had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him. ⁵Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always howling and bruising himself with stones. ⁶When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him; ⁷and he shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” ⁸For he had said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” ⁹Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” ¹⁰He begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. ¹¹Now there on the hillside a great herd of swine was feeding; ¹²and the unclean spirits begged him, “Send us into the swine; let us enter them.” ¹³So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. ¹⁴The swineherds ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the legion; and they were afraid. ¹⁶Those who had seen what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine reported it. ¹⁷Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their neighborhood. ¹⁸As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him. ¹⁹But Jesus refused, and said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.” ²⁰And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.