Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915

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Holy Communion
If the Epiphany is celebrated on Monday 6 January:
1 John 5.5-13
Psalm 147.13-end
Luke 5.12-16

If the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 5 January:
1 John 5.14-end
Psalm 149.1-5
John 3.22-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 98, 150 (or) 76, 79
Isaiah 66.1-11
2 John

Evening Prayer
Psalms 93, 132 (or) 81, 84
Baruch 4.21-30 or
Jeremiah 33.14-end
Matthew 23.13-28

or Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Baptism of Christ
Psalm 36
Isaiah 61
Titus 2.11-14; 3.4-7

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.

Collect on the Eve of Baptism of Christ

Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
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.