The Year of His Favor: Third Sunday after Epiphany
Blessed Epiphany, friends!
I'm looking forward to sharing with you a weekly Epiphany Daybook devotional post for these weeks of revelation and witness.
You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Epiphany.
Look: Jesus Reading from Isaiah (Window of Reconciliation, St. John’s Church, Tralee, IR), Tom Denny - Source
See the entire beautiful stained glass mural and about its commissioning here.
Listen: The Year of His Favor (Isaiah 61), Caroline Cobb, feat. Resound - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Enjoy the playlist I made for this week: The Year of His Favor
Read: Nehemiah 8:1-12; Psalm 113; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Luke 4:14-21
Monday: Psalm 41, 52; Psalm 44; Genesis 14:8-24; Hebrews 8:1-13; John 4:43-54
Tuesday: Psalm 45; Psalm 47-48; Genesis 15:1-11,17-21; Hebrews 9:1-14; John 5:1-18
Wednesday: Psalm 119:49-72; Psalm 49; Genesis 16:1-14; Hebrews 9:15-28; John 5:19-29
Thursday: Psalm 50; Psalm 8, 84; Genesis 16:15-17:14; Hebrews 10:1-10; John 5:30-47
Friday: Psalm 40, 54; Psalm 51; Genesis 17:15-27; Hebrews 10:11-25; John 6:1-15
Saturday: Psalm 55; Psalm 138, 139:1-17; Genesis 18:1-16; Hebrews 10:26-39; John 6:16-27
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Third Sunday After Epiphany
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Do: If you haven’t yet, this is a great week to chalk the doors and pray blessing and protection over each room in your house.
Watch here and here for explanations from a couple of Protestant pastors and here for a video demonstration from a Catholic mom. You can find prayers here or print out a larger prayer service adapted from various sources that leads you to pray through each room of your home: Feast of the Epiphany.
You can find other activities for Epiphany at this post: 12+ Ways To Keep Celebrating With the Rest of the World (loads of links)
* Listen to the new playlist I made for this week: The Year of His Favor
* Sunday Scripture readings are taken from Year C of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. Daily Scripture readings are taken from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and include both Morning and Evening Psalms (Year 2)