Salt of the Earth: Fifth Sunday of Epiphany
Blessed Epiphany, friends!
I'm looking forward to sharing with you a weekly Epiphany Daybook devotional post for these weeks of revelation and witness.
You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Epiphany.
Look: Salt of the Earth, Steve Prince - Source
Last year, during Black History Month, the Anglican diocese of Churches For the Sake of Others, licensed four of artist Steve A. Prince’s social justice artworks to feature. Head to this link to read Prince’s statement about this image. You’ll also find questions and prompts for you to do Visio Divina, or “sacred seeing,” an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into the image to see what God might have to say to us.
Listen: His Kingdom Now Is Come (Behold! Behold!), The Porter’s Gate - Lyrics & Chord Chart | Spotify | YouTube
Listen to the new playlist I made for the next couple of weeks: Sermon on the Mount
Read: 2 Kings 22:8-20; Psalm 27; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16; Matthew 5:13-20
Sunday (2/5): Psalm 93, 96; Psalm 34; Isaiah 57:14-21; Hebrews 12:1-6; John 7:37-46
Monday (2/6): Psalm 80; Psalm 77; Isaiah 58:1-12; Galatians 6:11-18; Mark 9:30-41
Tuesday (2/7): Psalm 78; Isaiah 59:1-15a; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Mark 9:42-50
Wednesday (2/8): Psalm 119:97-120; Psalm 81-82; Isaiah 59:15b-21; 2 Timothy 1:15-2:13; Mark 10:1-16
Thursday (2/9): Psalm 146-147; Psalm 85-86; Isaiah 60:1-17; 2 Timothy 2:14-26; Mark 10:17-31
Friday (2/10): Psalm 88; Psalm 91-92; Isaiah 61:1-9; 2 Timothy 3:1-17; Mark 10:32-45
Saturday (2/11): Psalm 87, 90; Psalm 136; Isaiah 61:10-62:5; 2 Timothy 4:1-8; Mark 10:46-52
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
O Lord, our heavenly Father, keep your household the Church continually in your true religion, that we who trust in the hope of your heavenly grace may always be defended by your mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
Do: This week walk through the neighborhood where you live, work, or worship. Pray the collect for this week (above), and ask God to open your eyes to the people and places He's asking you to proclaim the Good News of the liberty and abundance Christ offers any who will follow Him. Ask a friend to pray for you to answer readily to what the Spirit reveals to you during your prayer.
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You can find other activities for Epiphany at this post: 12 Ways to Celebrate Twelfth Night & Epiphanytide
* Listen to the new playlist I made for the next couple of weeks: Sermon on the Mount
*Sunday Scripture readings are taken from Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary. Daily Scripture readings are taken from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and include Morning and Evening Psalms (Year 1).