Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Jesus Healing the Servant of a Centurion, by Paolo Veronese (1528–1588). From Wikipedia.
The 1928 Book of Common Prayer rearranged the lessons for the first few Sundays in Epiphany. In the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, the Gospel for Epiphany II is the Wedding Feast in Cana; the Gospel for Epiphany III is the healing of the centurion’s servant; the Gospel for Epiphany IV is the exorcism of the Gergesene (Gerasene) demoniac (the miracle of the Gadarene swine, in modern translations). The 1928 BCP uses the opening of the Gospel of Mark on Epiphany II, shifts the next two lessons later by one week, and omits the lesson about the Gadarene swine. The lessons are back in sync as of Epiphany V.
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