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💚 Epiphany

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Epiphany celebrates the revelation of God becoming human as Jesus of Nazareth.

It begins January 6, followed by the 40–63 days leading up to Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), depending on the date of Easter.

The season is a time to celebrate major events in Jesus’s life before beginning his public ministry, including:

  • The arrival of the magi (or the Epiphany January 6)
  • Jesus’s baptism (the next Sunday) and
  • Presentation at the Temple (February 2)

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany (before Ash Wednesday) commemorates Jesus’s Transfiguration. It also marks the transition from meeting God in Jesus to entering the Lenten fast.

Daily Office Lectionary Readings for Epiphany (Year One)
🗓️ Day🌞 Morning
🎶 Psalm		1️⃣ First2️⃣ Second🗞️ Gospel🌛 Evening
🎶 Psalm
Epiphany
(Wednesday)

BibleGateway		46, 97Isa 52:7–10Rev 21:22–27Matt 12:14–2196, 100
Thursday

BibleGateway		103Isa 52:3–6Rev 2:1–7John 2:1–11114, 115
Friday

BibleGateway		117, 118Isa 59:15–21Rev 2:8–17John 4:46–54112, 113
Eve of the Baptism
(Saturday)

BibleGateway		121, 122, 123Isa 63:1–5
Isa 61:1–9		Rev 2:18–29
Gal 3:23–29; 4:4–7		John 5:1–15104
Baptism of Christ
(Sunday)

BibleGateway		146, 147Isa 40:1–11Heb 1:1–12John 1:1–7, 19–20, 29–34111, 112, 113
Monday

BibleGateway		1, 2, 3Isa 40:12–23Eph 1:1–14Mark 1:1–134, 7
Tuesday

BibleGateway		5, 6Isa 40:25–31Eph 1:15–23Mark 1:14–2810, 11
Wednesday

BibleGateway		119:1–24Isa 41:1–16Eph 2:1–10Mark 1:29–4512, 13, 14
Thursday

BibleGateway		18:1–20Isa 41:17–29Eph 2:11–22Mark 2:1–1218:21–50
Friday

BibleGateway		16, 17Isa 42:(1–9)10–17Eph 3:1–13Mark 2:13–2222
Saturday

BibleGateway		20, 21:1–7(8–13)Isa 43:1–13Eph 3:14–21Mark 2:23–3:6110:1–5(6–7), 116, 117
Second Sunday after the Epiphany

BibleGateway		148, 149, 150Isa 43:14–44:5Heb 6:17–7:10John 4:27–42114, 115
Confession of St. Peter
(Monday)

BibleGateway		66, 67Ezek 3:4–11
Ezek 34:11–16		Acts 10:34–44John 21:15–22118
Tuesday

BibleGateway		26, 28Isa 44:9–20Eph 4:17–32Mark 3:19b–3536, 39
Wednesday

BibleGateway		38Isa 44:24–45:7Eph 5:1–14Mark 4:1–20119:25–48
Thursday

BibleGateway		37:1–18Isa 45:5–17Eph 5:15–33Mark 4:21–3437:19–42
Friday

BibleGateway		31Isa 45:18–25Eph 6:1–9Mark 4:35–4135
Saturday

BibleGateway		30, 32Isa 46:1–13Eph 6:10–24Mark 5:1–2042, 43
Third Sunday after the Epiphany

BibleGateway		63:1–8(9–11), 98Isa 47:1–15Heb 10:19–31John 5:2–18103
Conversion of St. Paul
(Monday)

BibleGateway		19Isa 45:18–25
Sir 39:1–10		Phil 3:4b–11
Acts 9:1–22		119:89–112
Tuesday

BibleGateway		45Isa 48:12–21Gal 1:18–2:10Mark 6:1–1347, 48
Wednesday

BibleGateway		119:49–72Isa 49:1–12Gal 2:11–21Mark 6:13–2949, [53]
Thursday

BibleGateway		50Isa 49:13–23Gal 3:1–14Mark 6:30–46[59], [60], 118
Friday

BibleGateway		40, 54Isa 50:1–11Gal 3:15–22Mark 6:47–5651
Saturday

BibleGateway		55Isa 51:1–8Gal 3:23–29Mark 7:1–23138, 139:1–17(18–23)
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

BibleGateway		24, 29Isa 51:9–16Heb 11:8–16John 7:14–318, 84
Eve of the Presentation
(Monday)

BibleGateway		56, 57, [58]Isa 51:17–23
1 Sam 1:20–28a		Gal 4:1–11
Rom 8:14–21		Mark 7:24–37113, 122
The Presentation
(Tuesday)

BibleGateway		42, 431 Sam 2:1–10
Hag 2:1–9		1 John 3:1–8John 8:31–3648, 87
Wednesday

BibleGateway		72Isa 54:1–10(11–17)Gal 4:21–31Mark 8:11–26119:73–96
Thursday

BibleGateway		[70], 71Isa 55:1–13Gal 5:1–15Mark 8:27–9:174
Friday

BibleGateway		69:1–23(24–30)31–38Isa 56:1–8Gal 5:16–24Mark 9:2–1373
Saturday

BibleGateway		75, 76Isa 57:3–13Gal 5:25–6:10Mark 9:14–2923, 27
Transfiguration Sunday
(Sunday)

BibleGateway		148, 149, 150Deut 6:1–9Heb 12:18–29John 12:24–32114, 115
Monday

BibleGateway		25Deut 6:10–15Heb 1:1–14John 1:1–189, 15
Tuesday

BibleGateway		26, 28Deut 6:16–25Heb 2:1–10John 1:19–2836, 39
Note: References follow abbreviations from the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).