Daily Office Readings for Friday of Week One of Epiphany: Year 1
Morning, Psalms 16 and 17; Evening, Psalm 22
Isaiah 42:1 -17; Ephesians 3:1-13; Mark 2:13-22
“I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations…” (Isaiah 42:6)
I believe human beings are the flagship of God’s creation. And within us, God has given us “free-will.” Further, the Righteousness that God has placed in us is made manifest in all humanity and was enacted in our past by Confucius for the Chinese, Moses for the Jews (through whom Jesus of Nazareth came to us as God Incarnate); Zoroaster for the ancient Persians; and Mohammed for the Muslims.
God has taken us by the hand in our human walk to be a light to all nations regardless of language, ethnicity, or nation itself. We are God’s prized possessions. A few of us are set aside as examples to teach and coach our communities in the righteous living that God wants for us. The rest of us have it easy; we just live, learn and love. This has been true since the foundation of the universe.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done” (Genesis 2:1 and 2). So, for this evening and tomorrow day my friends, Shabbat Shalom.
What is Shabbat? Intro to the Jewish Sabbath – YouTube
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
Let us pray: (BCP p.832)
O God of peace, who hast taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength: By the might of thy Spirit lift us, we pray thee, to thy presence, where we may be still and know that thou art God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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