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Friday after the First Sunday after the Epiphany

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    The Collect of the Day

    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.

    Psalms

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    1Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; *I have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my good above all other.”

    2All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *upon those who are noble among the people.

    3But those who run after other gods *shall have their troubles multiplied.

    4Their libations of blood I will not offer, *nor take the names of their gods upon my lips.

    5O Lord, you are my portion and my cup; *it is you who uphold my lot.

    6My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; *indeed, I have a goodly heritage.

    7I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; *my heart teaches me, night after night.

    8I have set the Lord always before me; *because he is at my right hand I shall not fall.

    9My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; *my body also shall rest in hope.

    10For you will not abandon me to the grave, *nor let your holy one see the Pit.

    11You will show me the path of life; *in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

    17

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    1Hear my plea of innocence, O Lord; give heed to my cry; *listen to my prayer, which does not come from lying lips.

    2Let my vindication come forth from your presence; *let your eyes be fixed on justice.

    3Weigh my heart, summon me by night, *melt me down; you will find no impurity in me.

    4I give no offense with my mouth as others do; *I have heeded the words of your lips.

    5My footsteps hold fast to the ways of your law; *in your paths my feet shall not stumble.

    6I call upon you, O God, for you will answer me; *incline your ear to me and hear my words.

    7Show me your marvelous loving-kindness, *O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them.

    8Keep me as the apple of your eye; *hide me under the shadow of your wings,

    9From the wicked who assault me, *from my deadly enemies who surround me.

    10They have closed their heart to pity, *and their mouth speaks proud things.

    11They press me hard, now they surround me, *watching how they may cast me to the ground,

    12Like a lion, greedy for its prey, *and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

    13Arise, O Lord; confront them and bring them down; *deliver me from the wicked by your sword.

    14Deliver me, O Lord, by your hand *from those whose portion in life is this world;

    15Whose bellies you fill with your treasure, *who are well supplied with children and leave their wealth to their little ones.

    16But at my vindication I shall see your face; *when I awake, I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.

    Daily Office Readings

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    John 2:1-12

    1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.” So they took it. 9 When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there a few days.

    Gen. 6:1-8

    1 When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown. 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.

    Heb. 3:12-19

    12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 16 Now who were they who heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses? 17 But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.