St Edburg's Church - Bicester

Collect of the Day

Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

 

First Reading

Isaiah 62.1-5

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
  and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
  and her salvation like a burning torch.
2 The nations shall see your vindication,
  and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
  that the mouth of the Lord will give.
3 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
  and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
  and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
  and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
  and your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
  so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
  so shall your God rejoice over you.

 

Psalm

36.5-10

5  Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens ♦︎
  and your faithfulness to the clouds.
6  Your righteousness stands like the strong mountains,
     your justice like the great deep; ♦︎
  you, Lord, shall save both man and beast.
7  How precious is your loving mercy, O God! ♦︎
All mortal flesh shall take refuge
     under the shadow of your wings.

8  They shall be satisfied with the abundance of your house; ♦︎
  they shall drink from the river of your delights.
9  For with you is the well of life ♦︎
  and in your light shall we see light.
10  O continue your loving-kindness to those who know you ♦︎
  and your righteousness to those who are true of heart.

 

Second Reading

1 Corinthians 12.1 – 11 

12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. 3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; 6and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. 7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

 

Gospel

John 2.1-11

2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ 4And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ 5His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells 

you.’ 6Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. 8He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. 9When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom 10and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ 11Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

 

Post Communion Prayer

God of glory,
you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

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