This Week at Saint Peter
SUNDAY WORSHIP
This Sunday in the Christian Church Calendar is called the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. In Isaiah it is the one God who sits above the earth and numbers the stars—it is that God who strengthens the powerless. So in Jesus’ healing work we see the hand of the creator God, lifting up the sick woman to health and service (diakonia). Like Simon’s mother-in-law, we are lifted up to health and diakonia. Following Jesus, we strengthen the powerless; like Jesus, we seek to renew our own strength in quiet times of prayer.
Today is the commemoration of the Martyrs of Japan, who died in 1597.
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Isaiah 40:21-31
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Saint Mark 1:29-39
THIS SUNDAY’S PRAYER OF THE DAY
Everlasting God, you give strength to the weak and power to the faint. Make us agents of your healing and wholeness, that your good news may be made known to the ends of your creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
