January 29, 2023 The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #569 <em>God the Omnipotent!</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #656 <em>Blest Are the Pure in Heart</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em> Exsultate! (Lightfoot)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Hymn #488 <em>Thou My Vision</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #556 <em>Rejoice, Y e Pure in Heart!</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p><em>The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany</em></p><p>Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Micah 6:1-8</em></strong></p><p>Hear what the LORD&nbsp;says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD&nbsp;has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.</p><p>“O my people, what have I done to you?&nbsp;In what have I wearied you? Answer me! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of slavery; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD.”</p><p>“With what shall I come before the&nbsp;LORD, and bow myself before God on high?Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD&nbsp;be pleased with thousands of rams, with tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of&nbsp;my soul?”&nbsp;He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD&nbsp;require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with