Collect

Collect

God our creator,
who in the beginning
commanded the light to shine out of darkness:
we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ
may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief,
shine into the hearts of all your people,
and reveal the knowledge of your glory
in the face of 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.

Old Testament

1 Kings 17:8-16

   ⁸And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

   ⁹Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

   ¹⁰So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

   ¹¹And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

   ¹²And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

   ¹³And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

   ¹⁴For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

   ¹⁵And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

   ¹⁶And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

Epistle

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

   ¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

   ¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

   ²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

   ²¹For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

   ²²For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

   ²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

   ²⁴But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

   ²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

   ²⁶For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

   ²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

   ²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

   ²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.

   ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

   ³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Psalm

Psalm 36:5-10

   ⁵Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

   ⁶Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

   ⁷How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

   ⁸They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

   ⁹For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

   ¹⁰O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Gospel

John 2:1-11

   ¹And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

   ²And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

   ³And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

   ⁴Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

   ⁵His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

   ⁶And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

   ⁷Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

   ⁸And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

   ⁹When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

   ¹⁰And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

   ¹¹This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

Introit

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Offertory

Communion

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Recessional