Daily Readings for Saturday January 12,2013

Season of Epiphany

Ephesians 1
3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
4	even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
5	He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
6	to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7	In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
8	which he lavished upon us.
9	For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ
10	as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11	In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will,
12	we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.

Luke 1
34	And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"
35	And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
36	And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37	For with God nothing will be impossible."
38	And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.