The 5th Sunday after the Epiphany
The readings for this Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany draw us toward a faith that is not merely believed but lived—faith that shines, heals, restores, and reveals God’s heart in the world. They invite the congregation into a posture of integrity, compassion, and quiet courage. Together, these readings create a mood of purposeful discipleship—a call to be people whose lives illuminate God’s compassion and whose actions restore what is wounded.
Readings
Collect
Israel’s jealous God, giver of love’s law, in whom there is no blandness, no dullness of oppression; liberate us from all that numbs compassion to find in your commands light undimmed and flavour unrestrained; through Jesus Christ, fulfiller of the law. Amen.
