Readings for January 14
Here are the scripture readings for this upcoming Sunday.
Suggestion: Print this and read a different passage each day and think about it
(some questions are offered to help stimulate your reflection).
You'll find your experience of worship on Sunday will be intensified.
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2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Year C
Episcopal Revised Common Lectionary
The Collect
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.
The Scriptures
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm 36:5-10
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11
Isaiah 62:1-5
For
and for
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
and her salvation like a burning torch.
The nations shall see your vindication,
and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
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Imagine that God's love for you in terms of these rich, intimate images.
How does it feel to be in such a relationship with God.
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Psalm 36:5-11
5 Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, *
and your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the strong mountains,
your justice like the great deep; *
you save both man and beast, O Lord.
7 How priceless is your love, O God! *
your people take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast upon the abundance of your house; *
you give them drink from the river of your delights.
9 For with you is the well of life, *
and in your light we see light.
11 Continue your loving-kindness to those who know you, *
and your favor to those who are true of heart.
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Read this psalm with a sense of reverence and appreciation.
Let it speak personally to you.
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1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not
want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans,
you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak.
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the
Spirit of God ever says "Let Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say
"Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are
varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of
activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in
everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for
the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance
of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to
the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another
gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of
miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of
spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the
interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the
same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the
Spirit chooses.
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Or any of the gifts listed in this passage among your spiritual gifts?
What do you love to do? Something that do well, and it gives you energy? Could this be one of your spiritual gifts?
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John 2:1-11
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been
invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of
Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her,
"Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not
yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells
you." Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish
rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled
them up to the brim. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and
take it to the chief steward." So they took it. 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 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."
Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and
revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
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At the level of "story," what does this story tell you?
As a metaphorical or symbolic story, what does this story tell you?
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