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Epiphany of the Lord - January 8
( US)
Daily Prayer
“Lord,
open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.”
Collect:
O God, who bestow light on all the nations
grant your peoples the gladness of lasting peace
and pour into our hearts that brilliant light
by which you purified the minds of our fathers in faith.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. *
Today's
Readings Lectionary # 20
The Epiphany
Proclamation
Daily
Meditation:
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love
one another. ...
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear
because fear has to do with punishment,
and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love. 1 John 4
"Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!"
He got into the boat with them and the wind died down. They were (completely)
astounded.
They had not understood the incident of the loaves. On the contrary, their
hearts were hardened. Mark 6
How
often fear takes away our ability to love!
But, love drives out fear.
It appears that the key is to "understand the incident of the loaves."
If Jesus has power, then it is foolish for us to fear.
If we won't let Jesus have power in our lives,
then our hearts are still hardened.
Let us surrender
our hearts to the Lord,
that we might let him love us
and take away all our fears,
that we might love more courageously, more completely.
Today's Daily
Reflection
Intercessions:
In the fullness of time, the eternal Word was begotten
of the Father.
He is the child who is born for us, the son who is given to us.
To him we lift our voices in joy:
Praise be to you, Lord.
Son of the living God, you existed before the world was made
and you came on earth to save all,
- enable us to be witnesses to your Gospel.
Sun of Justice, whose brightness shone forth from the bosom of the
Father
and flooded the entire world,
- be light for all who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
You became a little child and lay in a manger,
- renew in us the simplicity of little children.
For our sake you became the living bread of eternal life,
- fill us with joy through the sacrament of your altar.
Closing
Prayer:
My love
for you is so imperfect, Lord.
I know I am filled with fear
and yet I long to taste the depths of your love.
Give me the
joy of lasting peace
and fill my heart with so much love
that there is no more room for the worry and dread.
Open my eyes to those around me
and give me the courage to act in justice
to make their lives better
as you would do for me.
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
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Baptism of the Lord
Daily Prayer
"Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise."
Collect:
Almighty ever-living God,
who, when Christ had been baptized in the River Jordan
and as the Holy Spirit descended upon him,
solemnly declared him your beloved Son,
grant that your children by adoption,
reborn of water and the Holy Spirit,
may always be well pleasing to you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Today's
Readings Lectionary #21
Daily
Meditation:
"Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one with whom I am pleased." Isaiah 42:1
John answered them all, saying,
“One mightier than I is coming.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Luke 3:16
Jesus
comes down to the Jordan and,
in a profound gesture, enters our lives even more dramatically:
he humbles himself to be one with us in the waters of baptism.
In this week after Epiphany, let us keep letting the Light
shine into the places of darkness within us and around us.
And where we have seen and felt his enlightening, freeing presence,
let us continue to rejoice with Christmas joy.
Today's
Daily Reflection
Intercessions:
All the ends of the earth have seen Jesus Christ,
the saving power of God.
Let us praise him and cry out in joy:
Glory be to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Redeemer of all, you came to tear down the walls separating Jew from Gentile
- root out the prejudices which erode the depths of our humanity.
Through your incarnation and your birth you established your presence among us,
- teach us to recognize the many forms of your presence in the Church and in one another.
You are the fullest revelation of God to men and women,
- show us how we can assent to your word with integrity of faith and action.
You are God-with-us, wondrously transforming all creation,
- let every heart, every voice, every deed throughout the universe now be transformed.
Closing
Prayer:
Radiance.
Your radiant light blazes in my world today.
I know I will have difficult times
and the darkness will gather around me again.
But today the shining light of your love
comes into my life and frees me.
There are other days that are shadowy,
when I don't always know where I am going, Lord.
When the gloom gathers in my life, lead me through it.
I will reach out my hand in the darkness,
put aside my fears
and walk next to you, comforted by your presence
and the warmth of your unending love.
May
the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
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* New English translation according to the Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal. 2010,
Copyright International Commission on English in the Liturgy.