The Second Sunday after Christmas
THE COLLECT
Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him
your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are
baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess
him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one
God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 43:1-7
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed
you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by
name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through
fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am
the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your
ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in
my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations
in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your
offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; I will say to the
north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons
from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth— everyone who is
called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
Reader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God
PSALM: Psalm 29
1 Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; *
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; *
the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; *
the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendor.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; *
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *
and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the
wilderness; *
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
8 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe *
and strips the forests bare.
9 And in the temple of the Lord *
all are crying, “Glory!”
10 The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; *
the Lord sits enthroned as King for evermore.
11 The Lord shall give strength to his people; *
the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.
THE NEW TESTAMENT Acts 8:14-17
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word
of God, they sent Peter and John to them. The two went down and prayed for
them that they might receive the Holy Spirit (for as yet the Spirit had not come
upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy
Spirit.
Reader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God
THE GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ according to:
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their
hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of
them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I
is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize
you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear
his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he
will burn with unquenchable fire.” Now when all the people were baptized, and
when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a
voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well
pleased.
Reader: The Gospel of the Lord People: Praise to you, Lord Christ