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Collects, Epistles, and Gospels
for the Epiphany Season.

The First Sunday after the Epiphany.


Missal Propers

Live Sunday Masses

The Collect.

O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Romans xii. 1.

I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 41.

NOW his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Hymn Suggestions


Hark! A thrilling voice - Merton 9
What star is this, with beams so bright(office hymn) - Puer Nobis 47
Earth has many a noble city(office hymn) - Stuttgart 48
From the eastern mountains - Valour 49
Songs of thankfulness and praise - Salzburg 53
Christ, whose glory fills the sky - Ratisbon 153
Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord - Garden 202
Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord - Lammas 202
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness - Schmuecke Dich 210
I bind unto myself today - St. Patrick's Breastplate 268
O love, how deep, how broad, how high - Deus Tuorum Militum 344
Jesus gentlest Saviour - Eudoxia 348
My God, accept my heart this day - Song 67 404
Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing - Sicilian Mariners 489
Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing - Dismissal 489
Jesus shall reign - Duke Street 542
Hail to the Lord's Anointed - Woodbird 545
Hail to the Lord's Anointed - Zoan 545