January 10, 2016

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St. Martin's Church from the Cloister Garden

Prime Timers

The Prime Timers were a Bible study group at St. Martin's for eight years. One of the goals of our founder, Jackie Rose, was to have a weekly web page for the group and all the pages are still online here. The group disbanded but the readings below are being kept up to date.

Lectionary readings

The Readings for Sunday, January 10, are from Lectionary Year C, First Sunday after the Epiphany--Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17 and Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. The text is from the Revised Standard Version w/Apocrypha *

Isaiah 43:1-7

1 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.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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.

5 Do not fear, for I am with you;
    I will bring your offspring from the east,
    and from the west I will gather you;

6 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—

7 everyone who is called by my name,
    whom I created for my glory,
    whom I formed and made."

Psalm 29

1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;
    worship the Lord in holy splendor.

3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory thunders,
    the Lord, over mighty waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
    and Sirion like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
    8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
     the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

9 The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl,
    and strips the forest bare;
    and in his temple all say, "Glory!"

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.

11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Acts 8:14-17

14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit 16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16 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. 17 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." 18 So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people. 19 But Herod the ruler, who had been rebuked by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evil things that Herod had done, 20 added to them all by shutting up John in prison. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22 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."

Thanks to Bible Study Tools for today's text.