Events Calendar
Tuesday 05 January 2021
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If the Epiphany is celebrated on Wednesday 6 January:
Holy Communion
1 John 3.11-21
Psalm 100
John 1.43-end
Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 48
Isaiah 62
John 2.13-end
Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 49.1-13
John 4.7-26
Additional Weekday Lectionary
At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of the Epiphany are used. At other services, the following readings are used
Isaiah 12
2 Corinthians 2.12-end
Collect
Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
All praise to you,
almighty God and heavenly king,
who sent your Son into the world
to take our nature upon him
and to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that, as we are born again in him,
so he may continually dwell in us
and reign on earth as he reigns in heaven,
now and for ever.
Collect on the Eve of Epiphany
O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Additional Collect
God our Father,
in love you sent your Son
that the world may have life:
lead us to seek him among the outcast
and to find him in those in need,
for Jesus Christ’s sake.
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 3 January:
Holy Communion
1 John 4.7-10
Psalm 72.1-8
Mark 6.34-44
Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 48 (or) 73
Isaiah 61
John 2.1-12
Evening Prayer
Psalms 96, 97 (or) 74
Ruth 3
Colossians 3.12-4.1
Additional Weekday Lectionary
Deuteronomy 6.4-15
John 10.31-end
Collect
O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
Lord God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Additional Collect
Creator of the heavens,
who led the Magi by a star
to worship the Christ-child:
guide and sustain us,
that we may find our journey’s end
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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If the Epiphany is celebrated on Wednesday 6 January:
Holy Communion
1 John 3.11-21
Psalm 100
John 1.43-end
Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 48
Isaiah 62
John 2.13-end
Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany
Psalms 96, 97
Isaiah 49.1-13
John 4.7-26
Additional Weekday Lectionary
At Evening Prayer the readings for the Eve of the Epiphany are used. At other services, the following readings are used
Isaiah 12
2 Corinthians 2.12-end
Collect
Almighty God,
in the birth of your Son
you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word,
and shown us the fullness of your love:
help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love
that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
All praise to you,
almighty God and heavenly king,
who sent your Son into the world
to take our nature upon him
and to be born of a pure virgin:
grant that, as we are born again in him,
so he may continually dwell in us
and reign on earth as he reigns in heaven,
now and for ever.
Collect on the Eve of Epiphany
O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Additional Collect
God our Father,
in love you sent your Son
that the world may have life:
lead us to seek him among the outcast
and to find him in those in need,
for Jesus Christ’s sake.
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 3 January:
Holy Communion
1 John 4.7-10
Psalm 72.1-8
Mark 6.34-44
Morning Prayer
Psalms 8, 48 (or) 73
Isaiah 61
John 2.1-12
Evening Prayer
Psalms 96, 97 (or) 74
Ruth 3
Colossians 3.12-4.1
Additional Weekday Lectionary
Deuteronomy 6.4-15
John 10.31-end
Collect
O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
Lord God,
the bright splendour whom the nations seek:
may we who with the wise men have been drawn by your light
discern the glory of your presence in your Son,
the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Additional Collect
Creator of the heavens,
who led the Magi by a star
to worship the Christ-child:
guide and sustain us,
that we may find our journey’s end
in Jesus Christ our Lord.