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Saturday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany

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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.

Fabian

Grant, Almighty God, that in all times of trial and persecution, we might remain steadfast in faith and endurance, according to the example of your servant Fabian, who was faithful even unto death. We ask this for the sake of him who laid down his life for us all, Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

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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.

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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

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Gen. 12:9-13:1

9 And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb. 10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know well that you are a woman beautiful in appearance; 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 When the officials of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys, and camels. 17 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone.” 20 And Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had. 1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.

John 4:27-42

27 Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” 28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” 30 They left the city and were on their way to him. 31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. 36 The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” 39 Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”

Heb. 7:18-28

18 There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual 19 (for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God. 20 This was confirmed with an oath; for others who became priests took their office without an oath, 21 but this one became a priest with an oath, because of the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’”— 22 accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant. 23 Furthermore, the former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25 Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.