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The Third Sunday After Epiphany
Intent: Sincerity
THE COLLECT
O Indwelling Lord, who art ever opposed to injustice and hypocrisy, we pray that we may be just and true of heart in all our dealings with our brethren, that we may recognize within them Thy indwelling presence and holy light. O Thou great King of Righteousness, to whom be praise and adoration for ever and ever.
Amen.
THE LESSON
The lesson is taken from the Book of Sophia:
Preach to the whole world: fight yourselves and receive the mysteries of the Light in this afflicted time, and go into the kingdom of the Light. Do not add day to day or cycle to cycle, hoping to come to receive the mysteries when we come to the world in another cycle. Now such people do not know when the number of the Perfect Souls will be complete, and I shall shut the Gates of Light, and from that time no one shall go in, because the mystery of the first mystery has been accomplished, for whose sake the universe has come into being.
THE GOSPEL
The gospel is taken from the Gospel according to St. Philip:
When the pearl is cast down into the mud it does not become dishonored the more, nor if it is anointed with balsam oil will it become more precious. But it has its worth in the eyes of its owner at all times. So with the Sons of God wherever they may be. For they have the value in the eyes of their Father.
A Homily for The Third Sunday After Epiphany
presented by the Most Reverend Stephan A. Hoeller, bishop of the Ecclesia Gnostic