Daily Bible Readings
The Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Liturgical Color: Green
Introit
WOR- SHIP || Him, all | you | His | an- - | gels.*
Zion hears | and | is | glad. -
|| And the Daughters of | Ju- | dah | re- - | joice *
Because of your judg- | ments, | O | Lord. -
|| The Lord reigns; let | the | earth | re- - | joice; *
Let the multitude of | isles | be | glad! - (Psalm 97:7b, 8, 1)
Psalm Readings
Collect
O Lord, we beseech Thee to keep Thy Church and household continually in Thy true religion that they who do lean upon the hope of Thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by Thy mighty power; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading (TLH): Jer 17:5-10
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First Reading: Col. 3:12-17
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Gradual
|| The nations shall fear the | name | of | the - | Lord, *
And all the kings of the earth | Your | glo- | ry. -
|| For the Lord shall | build | up | Zi- - | on; *
He shall appear in | His | glo- | ry. -
|| Alleluia! Alleluia! The Lord reigns; let | the | earth | re- - | joice, *
Let the multitude of isles be glad! Al- | le- | lu- | ia! - (Psalms 102:15-16; 97:1)
Second Reading: Matt. 13:24-30
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Devotion from the Lutheran Herald
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.