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The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

20th January 2019

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Year C  /  Epiphany  /  White

For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.

Principal Service

Collect One

Almighty and everlasting God,
who dost govern all things in heaven and earth;
Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people,
and grant us thy peace all the days of our life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect Two

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
Transform the poverty of our nature
by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The First Reading

The Psalm

The Second Reading

The Gospel Reading

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Post Communion Prayer

God of glory,
you nourish us with bread from heaven.
Fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Suggested Hymns

1st Reading Isaiah 62: 1–5
638* O for a heart to praise my God 638
528* The Church’s one foundation 528

Psalm Psalm 36: 5–10
6* Immortal, invisible, God only wise
553* Jesu, lover of my soul

2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12: 1–11
294* Come down, O love divine
408* Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
297* Come, thou Holy Spirit, come
318* Father, Lord of all creation
312* Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
91 He is Lord, he is Lord
299* Holy Spirit, come, confirm us
421* I come with joy, a child of God
96* Jesus is Lord! Creation’s voice proclaims it
301 Let every Christian pray
102* Name of all majesty
306* O Spirit of the living God
438* O thou who at thy eucharist didst pray
307* Our great Redeemer, as he breathed
440 One bread, one body, one Lord of all
313* The Spirit came as promised
491* We have a gospel to proclaim

The Gospel John 2: 1–11
197* Songs of thankfulness and praise
445* Soul, array thyself with gladness
528* The Church’s one foundation
448 The trumpets sound, the angels sing


Second Service

Collect One

Almighty and everlasting God,
who dost govern all things in heaven and earth;
Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people,
and grant us thy peace all the days of our life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect Two

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
Transform the poverty of our nature
by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The First Reading

The Psalm

The Second Reading

The Gospel Reading

View readings View readings

Post Communion Prayer

God of glory,
you nourish us with bread from heaven.
Fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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